Written for the Insurance industry, this short paper summarizes the basics of surge suppression and proper grounding practice when protecting electrical equipment.

"How To Protect Your House and It's Contents from Lightning" Omega Power, Duke Power, Panamax, Eaton Corp., and Square D are the five sponsors of this IEEE Document. May not be copied or reproduced without permission from any one of the five sponsors listed or IEEE.

For engineers specifying Surge Protection Devices for their project. This is a very strict specification that will be difficult to comply with. This pdf file is secured. Please contact us to get the pdf password or the Word file for insertion into your specifications.

This Safety Bulletin addresses one of our biggest concerns with surge suppression, the lack of proper fusing. This loophole in UL1449 still exists, for now.