HOW SURGES IMPACT YOUR BUSINESS
- UtiliGuard®-protected commerical, industrial and residential buildings.
Every electrical service, whether it’s your home, your farm, or your business, suffers from the effects of transient voltages or surges.
Although no two businesses are affected exactly alike, transients occur in varying degrees of severity and frequency. Distance from the power provider is a factor, as are the number of users in between. Other causes of high transient activity include atmospheric conditions, electrical storms, and cycling on and off of electrical equipment.
WHAT IS A SURGE?
A surge is a sudden burst of voltage. An increase in voltage is an increase in pressure. If you raise the pressure on a system, you will increase maintenance, raise operating costs, shorten the life, and risk damage to all of your equipment.
When transients enter the circuits, the normal timing of electrical equipment is altered, resulting in inefficient operation.
Transient energy is dissipated primarily in the iron-core of inductive devices connected to the line, such as motors, transformers, ballasts, solenoids, relays, and starters.
This energy appears in the form of heat, which most equipment was not designed to dissipate. As the transient energy is dissipated in the device, it causes a decrease in its operational efficiency and an increase in power consumption.
EFFECTS OF SURGES
Large surges will:
- Cause catastrophic damage to your equipment.
- Create unforeseen future equipment problems.
- Increase down time.
Small surges, occuring RIGHT NOW, are:
- Raising maintenance costs.
- Shortening the life of your equipment.
- Increasing your electrical consumption and costs.
THE TOTAL SURGE PROTECTION SYSTEM
UtiliGuard®, the Power Quality and Transient Voltage Surge Suppression (TVSS) System, is unsurpassed in its ability to instantaneously eliminate transients and similar forms of electrical pollution. After years of sales to many businesses and residences, it has become conclusive, in every case, that there is a significant reduction in kilowatt hours used. Maintenance costs are substantially decreased. Motorized equipment lasts longer and runs cooler, lighting life more than doubles, and computers and other solid-state devices and equipment maintain normal continuous operation without transient-induced breakdown.