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Lighting Solutions Series
PROTECTION OF PARKING LOT & ROADWAY LIGHTING
WHY AND HOW... 
This is the first segment of a series of articles to discuss the protection of lighting systems including Parking Lot, Roadway, LED, Florescent Lighting and Lighting Controls from surge and transient activity. This segment will focus on Parking Lot Lighting and Roadway Lighting failures due to surges and transient activity, as well as demonstrate a very effective proven solution.
Parking lot and roadway lighting present obvious benefits with equally apparent liabilities to the Owner if this lighting is not operational. In many cases, Owners spend a disproportionate amount of time and dollars continuously fixing the recurring problems with lighting, to spare themselves the liability, if for no other reason.
Most parking lot and roadway light poles are approximately 30' high (or higher). They serve effectively as a lightning rod and a direct path right into a facility for all kinds of transient activity, if not properly protected. With this in mind, the vast majority of these pole lights utilize HID (High-Intensity Discharge) or, now more commonly used, LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamps, which incorporate extremely sensitive electronic ballasts or control circuits in each fixture housing. It is these electronic ballast or control circuits that need to be protected as well as the HID and LED lamps.
In most cases, the cost and concern of liability to the Owner alone is the motivating factor to continue to spend time and money on the 'temporary' fix, in hopes that it will last a while before having to begin the cycle of expenditures all over again.
Historically, one 'quick-fix' frequently chosen by many Owners, Contractors and Engineers alike is to simply provide a low-end 'lightning arrestor' on each pole to minimize the potential of multiple poles failing when only one has been damaged.
While the overall outcome of that approach has had mixed results over the years, these types of 'lightning arrestors' previously used have all but vanished from the market, as the new requirements of ANSI/UL 1449-2006 are much more stringent. Further, the updated National Electric Code forces all surge protective devices utilized in this type of application to be a 'Listed SPD' under ANSI/UL 1449-2006. In the past, other standards had been used for listing arrestors that had limited safety requirements. Often, these arrestors were rudimentary devices that left the Owners with a false sense of security and unexplained damage. While these additional and more rigorous requirements by the NEC and UL have had an impact on the manufacturers of SPDs, the user of the SPDs can be assured that these listed devices have undergone extensive performance and safety testing to aid in the protection of these systems.
With the assistance of key clients who have experienced and documented damage to their parking lots year after year in Orlando, Florida (the lightning capitol of the United States), Surge Suppression Incorporated has created an unique 'outside-of-the-box' solution for these applications. Since its inception, this product and approach has yielded a dramatic reduction in downtime and repair costs. These savings go far beyond that of its predecessors (i.e. lightning arrestors & series 'in-line' type devices). To learn more about this product type, application and the effectiveness of SSI's solution, please contact Mike Barton at mbarton@surgesuppression.com.
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SSI's Data Line and Current Loop Products
YOUR BOTTOM LINE 'ZONE' DEFENSE The Most Advanced SPD Available Today  Data communications lines and current loops are the life blood of highly integrated systems and networks, which are susceptible to failure from even low-level transient activity. They are also exposed to high-level transients such as lightning. Protecting these circuits is another key element of the Optimal Protection Network®.
The Data Line and Current Loop Series of surge protective devices represent the latest in surge protective device design and performance. By blending advanced computer circuit modeling with tried-and-true design principals learned over the past twenty-plus years, these models have the lowest let-through voltage, providing the highest possible protection levels. Component-level thermal fusing combined with patented, internal, circuit board mounted over-current fusing and Voltage Responsive and Frequency Responsive Circuitry, gives these products unmatched performance and safety, and makes them the best and most advanced Data Line and Current Loop surge protective devices available today!
An additional benefit: SSI offers a 25 Year FREE Replacement Warranty on Data Line/Current Loop products.
Surge Suppression Incorporated set the industry standard for quality, performance and customer satisfaction and we are continually devoted to raising that bar. SSI is your surge protection solution. Why settle for anything less?
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How to Gain the Upper Hand in any Situation
Benjamin Franklin knew the value of preparation. "By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail," the influential author, inventor and Founding Father once said. Planning and preparation will give you a 10-times greater chance to achieve your goals. It will reduce wasted time and effort, while improving and maximizing results. Here are four ways to out-prepare your competition:
1. Study: While others are filling their time with entertainment and escapism, superachievers are studying and improving their craft. Having more knowledge, data, background and intelligence will always give you the upper hand in any situation.
2. Develop: Develop the skills necessary to achieve excellence in your game. Brian Tracy explains that every skill you need to succeed is learnable. There is nothing you cannot learn and master to achieve anything you want in business and in life.
3. Practice: Sporting teams practice for games. Musicians practice for concerts. Busy professionals and entrepreneurs should practice the skills they need for success-public speaking, impactful writing and interpersonal communication. After all, practice makes perfect.
4. Play the Game in Your Head First: Before making a presentation, an important phone call or having an important meeting, play the event out in your head exactly as you want it to happen first. It is amazing how your posture, energy and expectation will change, and your performance will rise to meet it. Try it.
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