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Lightning Surge Protection Devices Improve the Operating Effectiveness of a Facility

 In today’s electronic world, electrical systems in every industry aren’t complete unless they incorporate surge protection devices. They dramatically improve the total operating efficiency and reliability of the electrical system. A surge protector is a device to protect electrical equipment from voltage spikes that may occur from lightning, power outage, short circuits, and many other natural occurrences. Power surges cause a great amount of heat to run along electrical wiring and cause the wire to burn because more voltage than the wire was designed to hold is being forced into it. A lightning surge protection devices functions in three ways: It prevents voltage spikes from stressing electrical equipment It ensures that the surge current flows away from the equipment It prevents secondary induced voltage from damaging the equipment Through common knowledge, there are two approaches to solve all your surge problems; even the ones occurring due to a lightning strike. To provide light