Series Mode Surge Protectors Are Born
Ten years ago an engineer
needed a surge protector to insulate mission critical pharmaceutical
data acquisition systems from powerline voltage transients and
noise. He was stunned to find that almost all surge protectors that were commercially available
diverted surge current equally to the ground and neutral wires and
were based on sacrificial components (MOV’s). He knew that surge
protectors dumping
current to the ground in these interconnected environments was going
to place unwanted current on his data lines. This was an
unacceptable form of surge protector. As to the use of sacrificial,
limited life components that had unpredictable life and were
virtually impossible to monitor...well, that didn’t seem to fit with
a mission critical protocol either.
Since he couldn’t buy the surge
protectors he was looking for he created them (our man wasn’t easily intimidated). The
solution was surge protector technology now referred to as Series
Mode. No surge diversion to ground, no sacrificial components (i.e.
NO
FAILURES) and exceptional powerline filtering. He also threw in
the fastest surge protector response time, lowest clamping level and lowest let
through voltage for good measure. Then he patented his
work.
The resulting line of powerline
filters/surge protectors represent the next generation in surge
protector technology. By every basis currently used in measuring
surge protectors Brick
Wall Surge Protectors set a new standard.
This site will review the differences and advantages to Series Mode technology.
