Best Reliable Surge Protectors

In every home or business, the choice of protective devices installed matters, which encompasses appropriate surge protection installation and lightning protection system installation with a proper earthing system. Lightning and surge protection system with a maintenance-free earthing system aims to thwart electrical faults that occur without any prior alert. 

Otherwise, they can cause electric or fire hazards. No one knows the right choice of Surge Protection Devices (SPDs) and circuit breakers from the wider range of available devices other than an expert electric device manufacturer itself. This blog shall look into some details and suggestions on what you should be looking for before buying surge protection devices.

Below are Three Golden Rules When Selecting Surge Protection:

With vast years of experience handling electric projects, we have a broader knowledge of the impact of surges and other electric faults on our electric network. We know what kind of protection system needs to be provided at heart to deal with these lightning and surge events. 

When it’s time to select a surge protector for your facility, you must abide by the below-mentioned rules -

1. Gain knowledge about different types of Surge Protection Devices as per the application. Installer must be capable of identifying different types or categories of SPD and its application before its installation
2. Conduct a risk assessment for the site and install accordingly.
3. Incorporate the SPD as per the application at the right location.

Potential Risk Assessment Tool:

Finest strategies and tools are used to clearly access all losses and evaluate the surge strike density. The protection segment is then chosen to provide adequate protection to property/ structure and the human beings within. You can then easily determine the degree of protection needed and the type of SPD that would best suit the area intended to be protected.

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Understanding the Causes of Surges and SPD Classifications to Defend Each Cause:

1. Surges arise from lightning strikes – striking at a distance or close to any structure, lightning strikes of 10/350µs can induce surges amounting to billions of volts. They can directly hit on any electric installation outdoor or can hit on overhead cables and transmission lines via which they encroach within any structure. Electric/ electronic devices hit by lightning can experience problems if there is no proper lightning protection system for the structure installation and primary surge protection unit Class B/ Type 1 installed at mains as per IEC 61643-11 at the service entrance. 
2. Switching activity induces surges of the waveform 8/20µs, which also has greater destructive potential. The defensive approach for switching surges involves plugging secondary surge protection devices, i.e. Class C/ Type 2 SPD installed at the equipment level as per IEC 61643-21.
3. A special Surge protector class is intended to afford protection to equipment susceptible to both lightning and switching transient overvoltages. Protection against both lightning and switching surges is no more a challenge as they offer advanced dual protection.
4. There are many other sources of surge activities generated internally for which we have yet another special category of surge protectors called Class D Protectors or Application-specific Surge protection/ suppression modules designed separately for each industry, such as for the Telecommunication Industry, AC/ DC power lines, Signaling And Communication Devices, Security And Surveillance devices, Data Lines and systems, LED Luminaires, Solar Industry, Oil and Gas pipeline industry, etc. as every industry works differently and has different requirements.

JMV LPS Limited, the only Indian manufacturer of Surge Protection Devices, has a complete range of products and a fully equipped NABL accredited testing centre. We are a specialized house capable of actively designing and optimizing as per client needs abiding by the industry guidelines and relevant standards.