Lightning, voltage surges and improper Earthing (Grounding) are major critical challenges in Telecoms, Information and Communication Technology infrastructure and can cripple businesses in an instant.
Without warning, electrical damage to your state-of-the art telecom, broadcasting, telephone system, computer networks or electronic equipment can knock out your ability to communicate and transmit information.
This shuts down business, leading to expensive repairs and costly business interruption.
Telecoms and Broadcasting infrastructure are particularly exposed and vulnerable by design, location and height to Lightning strikes especially in Nigeria, where 140-180 thunderstorm days per annum is being experienced. Making the region one of the world’s most prone zone in terms of Lightning flash density.
Facilities can be hit by surges or transients from direct Lightning strikes to antenna towers or they may be conducted on power, data, RF and telephone cables entering buildings and equipment rooms.
Induced transient over-voltages may also originate from near strikes due to capacitive or inductive coupling.
Infrastructural damage to telecommunications & ICT industry globally, run into hundreds of billions of US Dollars, despite the loss of customer confidence and productivity from industrial and business downtime.
Safety of on site personnel and corporate liability exposure lost time and revenue caused by equipment and infrastructure damage as a result of lightning strikes and main AC power, ground fault currents.
Noise and electrical interferences caused by improper grounding/earthing practices and shared systems whose individual grounding system may conflict with each other thus producing a degraded signal quality or costly service interruption.
FullSpectrum Solutions, usually cost effective and customized have benefitted numerous clients and organizations across all sectors. Mitigating and eliminating these obvious HSE and financial concerns in Nigeria for almost 30 years based on relevant best practices in;
- Quality Earthing (Grounding) – Ensure personnel, equipment and systems safety, performance and reliability.
In fact poor earthing/grounding practices contribute up to 75% of all Power and signal quality issues. - Proper structural Lightning Protection – Shields and protects facilities and structures from direct lightning strikes to leading international standards like IEC/BS EN 62305, NFPA 780, NFC 17-102 etc.
- Effective Surge Protection Devices – Ensures that you are in business by effectively protecting your electrical and electronic equipment and systems from indirect lightning strikes that induce and generate surges or transients even from kilometres away.
Our capability is total and cover the full spectrum of Engineering (design & consulting), Procurement, Commissioning, Inspection, Maintenance and be-spoke Trainings to operators.
SAVING YOU MONEY, reducing expensive DOWNTIME and MITIGATING RISKS to, both Personnel and Mission Critical Equipment.
Whatever, Wherever and Whenever the challenges.
Always remember that Total Solutions are readily available at FULLSPECTRUM ENERGY and we are, just a click, chat or call away.
Victor Oyedu, FNSE, FNIEEE, CPQ.
Power Quality and Energy Management Specialist.
Publisher at Afrienergyonline.com
CEO, FullSpectrum Energy Solutions Limited, Nigeria.
