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A Surge Protection Health Check could help save you time and money in the long run.

 

Spikes, surges, short duration transients, over-voltages...all terms used to describe a momentary increase in electrical voltage. Spikes range from hundreds to thousands of volts, and despite lasting micro seconds (8/20µs), can cause irreparable damage to sensitive electronic equipment.

 

About 20% of surges are attributed to external factors such as lightning strikes or utility substation switching. The remaining 80% of surges arise within the building and are attributed to the use of heavy duty electrical devices such as space heaters, refrigeration systems, air conditioners or arc welders.

 

We are the only MOV (Metal Oxide Varistor) manufacturer in the UK, and one of only a few in Europe, and with over 50 years of experience PD Devices Ltd are world leaders in the design and manufacture of products and solutions to protect against damage from transient over-voltages.

Lightning damages the rail signals on Cambridge to Newmarket line

Lightning damaged a railway signalling system overnight, causing disruption to Greater Anglia services.

The damage, to equipment between Cambridge and Dullingham, meant all lines were blocked between Cambridge and Newmarket in Suffolk. Ipswich to Cambridge services terminated at Newmarket and a rail replacement bus service was operating.

Engineers worked to repair "multiple faults", a Network Rail spokesperson said. All lines had reopened by lunchtime, but some disruption was expected on Wednesday afternoon as services returned to normal. 

About 22,000 lightning strikes were detected across the eastern region on the Wednesday 24 July 2019

Lightning strike sends flames through Devon business causing thousands of pounds of damage

It was reported by Devonlive that a lightning strike had caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to a business. It was reported that a substation near Yelverton Business Park was knocked out by lightning last month causing surge damage through some of the businesses in the area amounting to thousands.

One company had their photocopier / printer and router completely fried, others lost a £4000 telephone exchange. The lightning strike seemed to cost this estate quite a bit of lost money not to mention the downtime involved within the businesses, as there were actually a total of 8 other businesses affected on the estate with various levels of damage.