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  1. A

    PDU connected to SurgeX XF2 surge protector = safe ?

    I've been searching for the best surge protector (excluding whole-house solution) and came to the conclusion that SurgeX is the best choice. My problem is that i need 16 outlets to connect everything in my home theather, and the price for the SurgeX devices with a lot of outlets is very...
  2. Tuttle

    "Make sure your extension has a surge protector"

    The fire brigade advised (see link below): "Make sure your extension has a surge protector and never put one extension lead into another extension lead" Overloaded extension cable leads to bedroom fire - News - getreading - Reading Post Surely extension leads without surge protectors can't...
  3. yellowvanman

    Surge Protection?

    Just had a call from a guy with the following scenario: New 17th edition board put in 12 months ago (by others) In the last couple of months the RCD for the ring (with freezer) has tripped twice coincedently with 2 thunderstorms. So obviously thinks that thats the cause of the tripping...
  4. C

    Surge protection devices

    Hi all. i have been asked to install surge protection devices for a lighting protection company on a regular basis. but to be perfectly honest i dont know much about them. are they easy to install? are they expensive to buy? what sort of price should i be charging to install a SPD? could any...
  5. H

    surge protection device for fire alarm.

    Will be installing a fire alarm system shortly.The site is rural tncs overhead supply from nearby transformer. After reading the osg and the green book,it appears,I need to fit a device at the intake position and another at the fire alarm panel position.Any advice of on the install would be...
  6. C

    Mains surge blowing eurotherm controllers

    On Saturday evening there war a huge mains surge that left all our eurtherm controllers fried. All fuses were in tact. How can this happen? Great forum.
  7. A

    electrical surge protection

    will a RCD provide surge protection?
  8. S

    Surge Protector Adapter

    Hey everyone, Just to pre-warn you - my knowledge of electrical stuff is limited to changing a fuse. I have a computer (monitor, tower unit, speakers) plugged into a surge protector adapter thingie, I got the computer (it's well over 6 years old) about a month ago and have had it plugged...
  9. D

    Surge Protection Devices

    Hi guys. Who knows where i can get a simple explanation of these devices and how to use them. Yes i have looked at the big green book [ sec 443 ] and i am struggling. Reg 443.2.1 says that if no overhead lines supply an installation then no additional protection [S.P.D.] is needed as long as...
  10. whinmoor

    May Cause a Surge in Interest...

    We could be about to see a new round of price hikes from the Big Six: BBC News - SSE to raise gas and electricity prices
  11. Jimmy Boy

    Surge Protection devices

    Hi lads tried a quick search nothing came up, hope you can help, the IT dept has asked me if it is feasible to fit an SPD in the tails before the CU to protect the whole building against V spikes, anyone have experience of knowledge of these ? Thanks Lads J
  12. prospark

    surge protection or not

    1/.please can anyone clarify whether it is now mandatory to install surge protection devices in domestic installations for new installations and or rewires. 2/.Also is it correct that if a lightening protection system is in place you need both type 1 and type 2 surge protection ?
  13. D

    Surge recorder/monitor

    Just interested where I could hire/buy a surge monitor/recorder, A friend of mine may be having supply voltage fluctuations (see my other post in tell us your faults.) Any help or advice, or suggestions. Thanks.
  14. D

    Surge protection

    I would like to know do you have to fit anti surge protection on solar pv on the AC and DC side to commerical installations
  15. D

    Type 1 Surge Protection - Second opinion required

    Hello chaps, With the advent of amendment 1 and Surge Protection playing a big part now I need a second opinion on a job I'm quoting for at the moment. I'll admit my experience with these devices is zero apart from the usual Type 3's that are common place now in homes. I am rewiring a church...
  16. D

    Surge Protection for Church

    Hi All, Can anyone suggest a wholeseller that sells Type 1 SPD's? I have tried all my usual places but cannot find anything other than the usual plug in type. I am quoting for a rewire of a Church, which obviously has a lightning conductor in the spire so it definately needs an SPD, but I...
  17. A

    Domestic

    Hi there, looking to get back on the tools after a spell out of the industry due to looking after a family member. Just recieved the new regs book and just wondering if domestic installations apply to Surge protective devices or not? it seems to me that it does not in most cases, but just wanted...
  18. W

    Surge protection?

    Hi Apart from the usual protection devices mcb's, rcd's, string fuses, etc are any of you fitting spd's to the a/c and d/c circuits, especially on large installs? Cheers
  19. W

    2391 questions regarding surge protection devices

    Hello, I would be grateful if anyone could check my answers for those two questions and see if it's correct or not? State the a) tests for insulation resistance to be undertaken on a 230V circuit containing surge protection devices which cannot be disconnected Test between L-E, L-N and L-N b)...
  20. La Poste

    What do you think caused this fault?

    An electricity firm should "accept liability" for damage caused to 400 houses by a power surge in Blackburn, the town's MP has said. ENW said the power surge was caused by a cable fault on the electricity network in the area at 10:00 GMT on Tuesday. BBC News - Shear Brow power surge: Straw...

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