As we know, surge protective device will degrade or even come to end of life over time due to repeated small surges, a single strong surge or sustained overvoltage. And when surge protective device fails, it may create a short circuit condition and cause safety problem in the power system. Thus proper overcurrent protection device [...]
The Impact of Cable Length on the Protection Level of Surge Protective Device The subject of SPD installation is rarely mentioned in our discussions. There are two reason: The installation of surge protective device should be conducted by an qualified electrician. We don't want to mislead that this should be done by users. And if [...]
Last week, we had a Filipino customer visited us for surge protection business. Customer has been working in the telecom sector in Philippines for many years and used to work with another major American SPD brand. They shifted to Prosurge this year and after the factory visit last week, they are quite satisfied with [...]
SPD Application in High Altitude Areas As an international player in surge protection filed, Prosurge has a very extensive clientele around the world. For example, we have many customers in the South America where is very famous for its plateau. Sometimes, we have customers asked us: We need to install the surge protection device in [...]
Whole House Surge Protection / Whole Home Surge Protection Today, the concept of whole house surge protection or whole home surge protection is becoming more and more popular. One of the important reasons is that today there are too many electronic devices that are very expensive yet very vulnerable to power surges. It is [...]
We all know that it is not so easy to choose a proper surge protection device. The parameter of a surge protective device is not like the parameter of a smartphone which is obvious and easy to understand for most people. There are a lot a misunderstandings when selecting a SPD. One of the common [...]
Surge Protection Device Classifications In a previous article, we introduced the one of the classification of surge protection device, that is, by type or class. Type 1/2/3 is the most common SPD classification either in UL standard or IEC standard. You can review this article via this link: https://prosurge.com/surge-protection-device/ And in this article, we are [...]
Recently, Prosurge's Thai distributor held a surge protection training seminar to the local professionals. As we all know, Thailand is a country with high frequent lightning strikes and thus lightning protection and surge protection is paramount in such high exposure area. Yet the public has still have very limited knowledge about this subject. Prosurge, [...]
Surge Protection Device Surge protection device (or abbreviated as SPD) is not a product that known to the public. The public do know that power quality is a big problem in our society in which more and more sensitive electronics or electrical products are been used. They know about UPS which can provide uninterrupted power [...]
Last week, we have the precious opportunity to have a diner with our two loyal customers, one from Korea and one from US. This is a gathering of 3 lifetime veterans in surge protection business. Each one of them have been in surge protection industry for more than 15 years in their markets. These [...]
