Protecting electrical equipment isn't a new concept — lightning arresters were recognized in the NEC as far back as 1897. However, protection for electronic equipment within facilities is relatively ...

Selecting a surge protection device. With their history of high reliability, the idea that SPDs may fail is difficult to believe for many people. Yet they can and do fail. The main cause of SPD ...

The author is owner of Rural Florida Communications Cooperative. He is a retired AT&T employee who has a great deal of experience protecting communications facilities from lightning and surges. He saw ...

Designed for three-phase power applications, the BRICKTRAB modular DIN-rail mountable TVSS handles more than 40,000A of surge current. A hybrid protection circuit, it protects against both normal and ...

A new modular DIN-rail mountable TVSS solution has been designed for 3-phase power applications. The BRICKTRAB is designed to give end-user and OEM power installations increased system uptime and ...

DILLWYN, Va. — It has become the normal routine for WEQF(FM). Like many stations at the “end of the power line” when a storm rolls through the area, the power is up and down, spiking and dipping into ...