Lightning Protection Equipment and TVSS Profile

GLOBAL ENNTERPRISES as authorized channel partners of ERICO and are committed to provide all necessary support for any Lightning protection, building protection, Surge protection and Earthing solution requirements.

Lightning protection, grounding, bonding and surge protection are technical subjects that demand the expertise that only we can provide. We can point facility owners in the right direction with the necessary support needed to implement a complete facility electrical protection system.

We develop risk management strategies for projects and also assess sites that have been damaged by lightning & TVSS. This often necessitates designs that go beyond relevant standards.

APPLICATONS - Our total facility electrical protection approach can be applied to a number of key industries including oil and gas, telecommunications, aviation, mining, power generation and distribution, defense, technical institutes, industry and process control, railway and mass rapid transit systems.

A surge protector (or surge suppressor) is an appliance designed to protect electrical devices from Voltage Spikes. A surge protector attempts to limit the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or by shorting to ground any unwanted voltages above a safe threshold.

The terms surge protection device (SPD), or the obsolescent term transient voltage surge suppressor (TVSS), are used to describe electrical devices typically installed in power distribution panels, process control systems, communications systems, and other heavy-duty industrial systems, for the purpose of protecting against electrical surges and spikes, including those caused by lightning. Scaled-down versions of these devices are sometimes installed in residential service entrance electrical panels, to protect equipment in a household from similar hazards.

Many power strips have basic surge protection built in; these are typically clearly labeled as such. However, power strips that do not provide surge protection are sometimes erroneously referred to as "surge protectors" by persons who do not understand thepir purpose and functions. Surge suppressors should be used as a matter of habit with all semiconductor-based electronic and computer hardware, including peripherals such as printers, monitors, external disk drives, and modem . But transients, which arise from various causes, commonly reach peak levels of several hundred volts. These pulses are of short duration, measured in microseconds (units of 10 -6 second), but in that time, they can cause hardware to malfunction. The worst type of transient occurs when lightning strikes in the vicinity (it is not necessary for a power line to be directly hit). Such a "spike" can peak at thousands of volts and cause permanent damage to equipment.