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Brain Surge...
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"The greatest advantage of
speaking the truth
is that you don't have to remember what
you said." -Francis Bacon
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Industry Intel
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SSI's 'Surge Counter' options now include a new high level surge counter feature. This feature eliminates low voltage surge counting
in noisy power environments; therefore, counting only larger surges. In addition, the level will be user adjustable from 1000 A to 3000 A surge levels. Surge counter models will come from the factory with a preset level (200 V/60 A). The adjustable levels are enabled by three switches with a surge counter reset. Pricing will remain the same for this option. Contact your local SSI representative or call 1-888-987-8877 today for details.
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Did You Know?
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when you combine a question mark (?) with an exclamation mark (!) -
"Interrobang" (?!)
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Certifications
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ANSI 1449-2006 Listed (Third Edition) UL 1283 Listed 
ANSI/UL 1449-2006 Listed (Third Edition) UL 1283 
UL 497A UL 497B  |
Quality Management Systems Certified |
Environmental Management Systems Certified |
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Issue: First Quarter
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January, 2012
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Surge Second
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SSI's CEO, Travis Sanders, discusses why SSI is the Clear Choice VIDEO LINK (Run time - 3:48) |
Need Immediate Assistance? Give us a call for immediate assistance at
1-888-987-8877 or LIVE CHAT NOW with a Technical Support Specialist.
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SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICE (SPD) BASICS SERIES
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Surge Suppression '104'
Rick Lindsay, SSI Director
How about frequency responsive circuitry (sinewave tracking)? SSI has always been a proponent of this technology and has been the industry leader in this arena for many years. In lay terms, this technology responds to rapid changes in frequency and mitigates them quickly. This technology targets the low level oscillatory ringwave transients that are so commonly found in building electrical systems. Added to those are the impulse transients most of which eventually become ringing transients before they dissipate. Ringing transients are by far the most common types of transients found in today's electrical systems and are primarily responsible for the majority of damage to sensitive electrical and electronic equipment so commonly found in our homes and businesses. Is this important? Most of our competitors don't seem to think so and once again it becomes a bone of contention with the industry players.
Several of our competitors call it EMI/RFI filtering. One competitor uses the statement "AC Sinewave True Tracking Filter with EMI/RFI Filtering up to -50dB from 10 kHz to 100 MHz" on their spec sheets. From a transient voltage surge suppression perspective this statement is confusing to the point that it does not make sense.
Sine wave tracking or as we call it today "frequency responsive circuitry" is not intended to be just an EMI/RFI filter. Conversely circuits designed specifically for the purpose EMI/RFI Filtering may not be effective as a sinewave tracking (frequency responsive) transient voltage surge suppressor. The fact is that while they are both filter circuits they have different purposes and their performance is stated in a different manner to reflect that difference in purpose.
RFI circuits are normally a broadband type of filter circuit and performance is measured in -dB numbers based on a beginning point. For each -3dB the RFI energy has been reduced by half. The purpose of the EMI/RFI circuits is to reduce noise that resides within a wide frequency spectrum on the protected circuits and is inherently more effective at some frequencies than others dependent on the design of the filter and the components it contains.
Sinewave tracking (frequency responsive) transient voltage surge suppression circuits are designed to reduce transient surge voltage at the frequency range where ringing transients are most commonly found. The performance testing for this type of circuit is performed at 100 kHz. Since it is a filter circuit it responds to rapid changes in frequency and serves to reduce the amount of that deviation from the normal 60 HZ sinewave. Because the purpose of the circuit is transient voltage surge suppression, the performance is measured in volts.
Since these filters serve two different functions, our spec sheets state the performance of those circuits in a separate area in the form that is proper for those filters. EMI/RFI performance is listed on the front side of the spec sheet where it says "Insertion Loss Data". It is listed at different levels to give you an idea of how it varies according to different frequencies between 10 kHz and 1 MHz. Frequency responsive circuitry (sinewave tracking) performance data is found in the let-through voltage section of the spec sheet of our products under the Category A column and the test impulse is introduced at the 270 degree point of the sine wave. We are one of the very few manufacturers who even publish this data.
The rest try to hide behind their EMI/RFI filters and call it sine wave tracking. Unless the manufacturer gives you let-through voltage performance data for ringwave transients, you have no way to determine the level of protection that their product provides. Not only do we at SSI provide this data on our spec sheets, the test result data has been 3rd Party Certified. We are the ONLY manufacturer who does this.
SSI does not create marketing issues to help us sell products. We don't have to. Between man and Mother Nature there are enough real issues that need to be addressed. Our job is to simply make a quality product that provides the most important thing a surge suppressor can do and that is low let through voltages. Anything else is secondary!
In our next segment, we will continue to address important points to help you avoid getting caught up in 'secondary' issues.
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Success Story...
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This properly installed SPD - featuring alarm options - provides computer-grade power protection for the entire electrical panel.
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...as recalled by Rick Stevens SSI's Executive Vice President
SSI was asked to provide surge protection at a new warehouse in Florida that was owned by a major grocery store chain in the Southeast U.S. Because we had a strong history of effective surge protection with this customer, Surge Suppression Incorporated was brought in throughout the whole design and construction phase of the project. The engineering studies of this construction site revealed a high incidence of lightning strike activity in the past, which supported the decision to incorporate our products.
We sold and oversaw the installation of surge protective devices (SPDs) throughout the vast majority of this brand new facility. There were some areas not covered by SPDs at first, either because the sector managers did not think it was necessary, or it was to be covered by components installed within various equipment items by their manufacturer.
Once the facility was opened and fully operational, lightning began to find its way into the places that were not covered by SSI's products. Every piece of unprotected equipment experienced damage. High mast parking lot lighting -that supposedly would not be damaged by lighting activity- was. Fire pump houses and water storage tanks (they had been assured would only need lightning rods on the roof) were constantly suffering from lightning damage, as were most components of the fire alarm system.
We were brought back to help protect these systems and equipment each time it was determined the damage was surge related. It can be reported that once we applied our solutions in each of these application, the problem was eliminated.
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At Your Service...
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 | Ron Hotchkiss,
VP of Engineering & Manufacturing Division |
Ronald (Ron) W. Hotchkiss (M '97, SM '06) is an Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member and has been actively involved in the design, development and certification testing of surge protective devices since 1990. He received his Electrical Engineering degree with Honors from the University of South Florida in Tampa.
He is the Vice President of Engineering for Surge Suppression Incorporated in Brooksville, FL, and manages engineering, safety agency listings, and compliance/quality operations. He has authored/co-authored the following IEEE papers: The Short-Circuit Current Ratings of Surge Protective Devices (SPDs); Application of Low-Voltage SPDs: Approach of the IEEE; Electric Ship Surge Environment; Performance Testing of Surge Protective Devices for Low-Voltage AC Power Circuits: Approach of the IEEE; Response Time and Surge Protective Devices: Characterization in Real Time.
Ron is a member of IEEE's Power and Energy Society and serves as the Vice Chair of the Surge Protective Devices Committee. He is an active participant in surge protective device standards development including work as working group chair (WG 3.6.6), working group secretary (WG 3.6.10), and member of several IEEE PES SPD Committee working groups (WG 3.6.4, 3.6.6, 3.6.9, 3.6.10, 3.6.11, 3.6.12, and 3.6.13) and sub-committees (SC 3.1, 3.2, 3.6 and 3.7). Ron also aids in contributing material to the Underwriters Laboratories Standard Technical Panel for Surge Protective Devices (UL 1449). He is a member of the IEEE Standards Association balloting group for the approval of IEEE standards. He is his company's representative in the NEMA 5VS Section (Low Voltage Surge Protective Devices) and serves as the NEMA 5VS Section Technical Committee Chair.
Ron lives in Brooksville, FL with his wife of 20 years, Nancy along with his two children, Myranda and Braydon. Outside of work, Ron enjoys attending church, fishing, building furniture and spending time with his wife and kids.
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 First Quarter Giveaway
Simply submit your answer to the following question to be entered in a drawing for a Google Android Panimage 7" Color Touchscreen Tablet with 2GB Memory, WiFi, Camera and Micro SD Card Slot!
'Who is the President of the Engineering and Manufacturing Division at SSI?'
(Contest excludes employees/reps/resellers of SSI.)
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Congratulations to:
Ed Wheeler, PAE Construction - 4th Quarter 2011
winner of the Vivitar Digi-Cam Binoculars with Camera
Monthly Winners of $50.00 Gas Cards:
OCTOBER: Sharron Bonomo, Ed Samples
NOVEMBER: Don Anglin, James Rivard
DECEMBER: Brian Seide, Clarence Zielke
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For more information or assistance, please contact
your local Surge Suppression Incorporated
representative or contact us at
1-888-987-8877
or email Diane Kertz at
dkertz@surgesuppression.com.
Looking for a distributor in your area?
Contact Rick Lindsay at
rlindsay@surgesuppression.com.
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