Keep your electrical products safe this summer with Good Quality Surge Protection.
Keep your electrical products safe this summer with Good Quality Surge Protection.
The Importance of Good Quality Surge Protection in the modern home & business.
When everyone thinks of a surge protector, they think of needing to protect against a lightning strike or storm. This is true but is only some of the problem we face with surge. Yes, we absolutely need to have surge protection in place for storm damage or any external factors such as faulty wiring or trees touching powerlines as these usually will be catastrophic events that destroy multiple pieces of equipment around the home, however, the bigger problem is the surges that your equipment endures on a day to day basis.
Storm and external damage accounts for around 20% of the surge damage that occurs in your typical home or business, 80% of the surges that your equipment endures are internal and generated from inside the house/workplace each time that equipment cycles on and off (such as Fridges, Washers, Dryers, Air Conditioning, Hair Dryers, Compressors, Motors etc).
It is not uncommon for there to be over 100 small surge events in your house or business on any particular day. These surges cause your hardware stress and latent damage which can cause unexplained issues with your product, programming issues, lockups and ultimately result in the untimely demise of your equipment.
The urgency of installing multiple high-quality surge protection devices is being driven by several ongoing trends;
- There is an increased number of electrical products in the home/workplace. An average household has upwards of 25 electrical devices, this number will only continue to increase into the future.
- Virtually all of the electronics that we use today contain IC chips for increased functionality and lower cost. These chips are very sensitive to voltage fluctuations and can damage very easily. It is estimated that over 50% of product failures are actually the result of surge damage to the chipsets themselves but are not often visible and are mistaken for defects.
- Increased storm activity with more volatile weather causing damage.
- A large increase in the number of rooftop Solar Power installations is flooding excess power back into the grid, particularly during the day when power consumption is low, and is causing fluctuations on the grid. These fluctuations have the potential to push unwanted surge back into the grid and damage your equipment.
With all this in mind, it requires a holistic approach to surge protection in the home/workplace with all the products in the house being protected, especially those critical items such as CCTV and security systems which if they are damaged due to a surge, will no longer be protecting your premises. If you plan ahead and use a top-quality power supply you will reduce the risk of CCTV recording failures.
For your surge protection, we recommend Thor products to our customers. Thor offers a 6-year product warranty, that's how confident they are in their protection.
