What does safety mean to a surge protection system?
A. A surge protection system should never become a safety hazard to the protected equipment, personnel or the establishment in which it is installed. Explosions, fires, smoke or soot emission are absolutely unacceptable. The role of a surge protection system is to secure the reliability of an installation and not to compromise it. Improperly engineered protectors cost the customer much more than their own replacement cost. A surge protection failure may result in damages to critical systems and contribute to the operational budget expenses due to incremental costs for cleaning, decontaminating and/or equipment replacement. One always needs to make sure that the products are UL listed (for TVSS stand-alone, permanently connected panels) or UL recognized (for surge protection components) and meet the requirements of the latest revision (Feb. 9, 2007) of the UL 1449 standard. UL (www.ul.com) keeps files of all listed products and recognized components and provides the manufacturers with r
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