In Pennsylvania, power spikes and surges are an ongoing problem. If you have a lot of expensive machinery, the last thing you want is for it to be fried by one of these spikes. There are ways to prevent voltage spikes, but you have to ask your power company for help.
Voltage Spike Protection
This isn’t your standard surge protector that you plug into the wall at home. These are special pieces of industrial equipment that are tied into your electrical circuitry. The equipment is housed either onsite or offsite, depending on the need and the ability of the power company to channel power to the equipment over the expected distance.
What the voltage spike protection does is detect when a spike is going to occur. It braces for the spike by becoming the break in flow of power. That surge does not continue onward to your company’s expensive machinery and computers. The equipment waits for any extra spikes to follow, and then turns itself back on. When it turns back on, it releases the flow of power back to your building.
Halting Excess Power
Spikes are excessive jolts in power. That extra power, if it could be stretched out, would be used over the course of extra minutes. When the extra spike is halted, the flow behind it can be used more efficiently. If you would like to know more about how these pieces of equipment work and how you can request them, contact Continental Power Corporation via Continentalpowercorp.com.
