Recently, a thunderstorm fried my PC’s power supply and its motherboard. Although I wasn’t home at the time, I am pretty sure it was the storm and lightning-related surge of some type that did it, and ...

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The topic of lightning surge protection is always relevant, especially during these peak summer months. Residing in what has been dubbed The Lightning Strike Capital of the World — Central Florida — I ...

Knowing industry guidelines can save you money and enhance performance. The vast array of surge protection devices, and the ratings that characterize them, can be confusing. How do you sort through ...

The typical home sees a 100V surge hourly and a 1000V surge monthly. However, most residential customers don't know how to protect their expensive entertainment centers, home networks, computers, and ...

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Between thunderstorms, blackouts and load shedding, chances are you may have already experienced the results of a powerful surge on your equipment. In modern electronics, almost everything is ...

To unplug or not to unplug? That’s just one of many questions that plague South Africans living in the era of rolling blackouts. When the electricity supply suddenly returns after rolling blackouts, ...

In recent years, photovoltaic (PV) systems have become a significant sector within the energy market, with the International Energy Agency in 2011 saying that “the development of affordable, ...

The radio engineer does his best to prevent its intrusion into his equipment, but having a steel structure extending from 150 feet to 1,000 feet in the air invites lightning strikes. Nevertheless, ...