Surge protection is more than a necessity

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Large single surge events, such as lightning, can reach hundreds of thousands of volts and can cause immediate or intermittent equipment failure. Lightning can generate electric surges strong enough to damage electronic equipment quite a distance from the actual strike. It can travel through the electrical, phone, plumbing, and radio/television reception systems.

While lightning and power anomalies are problematic, they only account for 20% of transient surges, and the other 80% are produced internally in a facility. Smaller in size but higher in occurrence, these surges, transient, or a spike can degrade expensive equipment within the facility, add costly hardware repairs, lost revenue from downtime and significant data loss. Not to mention the impact on your reputation when your systems are down, and you can’t provide products or services on schedule. LEC offers services and products that can help protect your company and sustain the longevity of your equipment.



Let’s spread awareness regarding surge protection devices:

Surges are Fairly Common

Just how common are surges? According to surveyed professionals, voltage surges significant enough to cause equipment damage occur with monthly or greater frequency in 69% of healthcare centres, 76% of industrial facilities, and 80% of IT centres.

Point-of-Use Surge Protection versus SPDs

Point-of-use surge protections are typically used for computers and printers. This type of surge protection is temporary. Type 1 and Type 2 SPDs provide permanent protection from surges for more sensitive or larger equipment. These devices are either hard-wired to the service equipment, the service transformer, or the service equipment overcurrent protection device. These types of SPDs are typically used in hospitals, factories, and IT Centres.

Surge protection device is not a lightning protection system

On a basic level, the lightning protection system protects the facility and structure from direct strikes, while SPDs protect electrical equipment and systems against surges or transients. While a lightning protection system protects the exterior against the effects of lightning, SPDs must be in place to support the other system and the related transients a strike creates.




Installing a lightning surge protection device from Lightning Eliminators & Consultant Inc. ensures security of your company data, employees and facility during an unpredictable electric surge, as well as ensures continued function of critical systems.


We are proud to provide solutions for various industries around the world. Our global reach allows us to stay up-to-date on knowledge and technology, and as a result, we are always striving to learn from our ever-changing industry.

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