WHY SHOULD EQUIPMENT BE INSTALLED ON ALL PANELS?

    Installation on all panels provides the best protection possible and offers maximum benefit in regards to reduced maintenance, reduced downtime, reduced repairs, and extended equipment life.

    Multiple organizations strongly recommend this type of approach:

•  The IEEE (Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers) and the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association specify installation of a "cascaded" protection system to address transient voltage surges.
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•  Hartford Steam Boiler Company, one of the leading insurers in the United States, recommends installing suppression in a "zoned approach".
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•  The National Lightning Protection Association recommends a "planned approach".
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This is best illustrated below:

ADVANTAGES

•  Coordinated follow-on protection
    If any device fails, there are additional devices installed which continue to provide protection.

•  Load sharing
    Multiple devices can "share the load". This increases the life of individual units and allows a far greater amount of protection than is possible.  Physical limitations to sizing is bypassed by splitting load amongst multiple panels.

•  Internal load isolation
    This configuration provides maximum isolation of loads within the facility.  Since transient activity produced by equipment must pass through an electrical panel to attack other devices that share the panel, the surge arrester/suppressor is in the ideal position to divert transient activity away from the equipment...as far as possible from the equipment.

•  More cost effective
    This configuration provides maximum isolation of loads within the facility.  Reduced maintenance costs, repair costs, downtime costs...and the increase in equipment efficiency and lifespan will quickly return investment costs.

BENEFITS OF A SYSTEM APPROACH TO SURGE SUPPRESSION

•  The United States Navy recently determined that pay-back from installation of surge suppression equipment averaged a year or less.
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•  The National Fire Protection Association identifies this type of installation as the most cost-effective.
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•  General Electric states directly that installation of suppression equipment can quickly pay for itself in reduction of repair costs alone.
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•  Plant Services Magazine attributes as much as 35% of downtime to transient activity.
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•  A major gas utility realized significant reduction in maintenance expense and overtime costs through installation of surge suppression equipment at all facilities.
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WHY IS STEDI-POWER THE BEST SOLUTION?

    Your electrical system is exactly as it is described...a SYSTEM.  The same approach should be taken in protecting your facility where different stages of protection, working as a SYSTEM provide the maximum benefit and protection possible.

    All Stedi-Power equipment is designed with this system coordination in mind.  Our devices are not only designed to stand alone as premium protection equipment at your service entrance, but are also designed to coordinate with each other in applying maximum protection and benefit throughout your entire facility.

Stedi-Power, Inc
5044 B U Bowman Drive #102
Buford, Georgia 30518
PHONE: (678) 546-6780

Last Updated: 07 Jun 2004
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