UNDERSTANDING ELECTRICAL SURGE (I): 7 Common Causes

Electrical surges (transients), are sudden and brief duration increase of voltages in power systems. Transients can reach amplitudes of tens of thousands of volts. They cover a wide range of events like transients, glitches, over voltages (swells), harmonics etc. They are common problems in facilities, leading to equipment degradation, disruption, damage, downtime, and even fire […]

Lightning Safety & Your Business

Lightning is one nature’s most powerful and destructive phenomena yet the most underrated weather hazard. Lightning strokes can devastate commercial, industrial facilities and mission critical equipment especially in Nigeria, a belt considered one of the highest lightning prone zones in world (average of 160 thunderstorm days per annum).Lightning hazard creates major critical Health, Safety, Environment […]

Are You Covered? – An Assurance for Your Business and Facilities

Lightning is one of nature’s most powerful and destructive phenomena. Yet it is the most underrated weather hazard. This enormous electrical energy, measured up to 200,000A, wreaks havoc along and about its trail. Lightning strikes have two effects, direct, indirect, or a combination of both. The indirect strike affects mainly critical equipment or electronics systems […]

Assurance for Productivity and Reliability – A Policy for Your Vital Systems

A stitch in time saves nine is a universal truth that finds application in the lightning and surge industry, affecting ICT, telecommunications, industries, utilities, construction, banks, and financial institutions, etc., and indeed all sectors of the economy, having huge financial and HSE implications by affecting mission-critical equipment used in service, industrial and commercial concerns. Lightning […]

Protect Your Data Center/Facility Against Lightning and Surges

Data Center is the heart, nerve center of any organization in today’s work environment, providing vital information and commands for tasks needed to ensure seamless operations. A critical area with zero tolerance to downtime even fractions of a millisecond. Electrical and lightning surges wreak havoc on electronic components controlling equipment/systems by Degrading, Disrupting, Damaging, and […]

Safety, Efficiency And Competitiveness Assurance For Facility Management

Poor Power Quality is a real and significant threat, in the complex Management of all Facilities, Commercial or Industrial. Without warning Power issues can reduce an otherwise functional facility to mere shadow of itself. Crippling the entire Building Management Systems and other Critical Mission equipment necessary for optimal facility functionality. Consequences are indeed dire and […]

OTHER GROUND ENHANCEMENT AGENTS COMPARED TO FURSECEM (MARCONITE)

A. Chemical Solutions It is known that some chemicals and salts influence the soil resistivity of the soil and reduce overall earth resistance. These chemicals are copper sulphate, sodium carbonate, calcium sulphate, sodium chloride (table salt), animal dung and charcoal are sometimes poured into the ground to improve earth readings. But these have the disadvantages […]

Protect your Facilities – Using Furse Surge Protective Devices (SPDs)

Today, our ever growing dependence on Electronic Systems to drive Processes, Production and Services in business has become absolute & total. These vulnerable Electronic Systems and components which are the heart of every facility should be protected from the ravaging effects of Lightning strikes and Surges. In fact, loss of these systems would cripple Industrial, […]

A World of Earthing Solutions

Earthing (Grounding) is the bedrock of ALL electrical infrastructure and responsible for about 80% of all Power Quality problems. Once earthing is properly taken care of, profitability is the result, as downtime is reduced, maintenance costs is cut, safety of critical equipment enhanced. Ultimately leading to seamless operations and productivity. Indeed Poor Earthing practices wreck […]

A World of Earthing & Lightning Solutions

Victor Oyedu, FNSE, FNIEEE, CPQ.Power Quality and Energy Management Specialist.Publisher at Afrienergyonline.comCEO, FullSpectrum Energy Solutions Limited, Nigeria.