Electric power is so essential for humans’ activities nowadays. Electricity is used by various companies for various uses. In homes electricity has several applications too. In homes, it can be used to run sound systems, to cook in the kitchen, to charge cell phones and many other uses not mentioned here. Despite all these advantages of electricity, there are still disadvantages too. This article only majors on the electronic surge as the demerit of electricity. Electric surge is a kind of electric default that results from a large number of electric currents flowing through electric device resulting from devising damage. This electric defaults normally arise from short circuits, lightning strikes, and several other electricity defaults. Due to this electric default surge protectors have been manufactured to help keep electric devices safe when in use. There are several surge protectors. However, when buying a surge protector, there are some factors you need to consider to buy an ideal one. This article talks about some of the considerations to make.
Tip number one to consider when making your selection on the surge protector to use is clamping voltage. This is the voltage that the protector should detect and prevent from passing through the device to keep a device safe. Different surge protectors have different clamping voltage. Different devices can be damaged by different voltages. For example, the excess voltage that damages a television cannot damage a deep freezer. Thus before selecting a surge protector you need to know the amount excess voltage that can destroy it. This will help one to know the clamping voltage the surge protector to select should have.
Factor number two to consider is surge protectors’ joule rating. This is the total amount of electric current that a surge protector can withstand before failing as it is offering safety to the device it is protecting. To get a good surge protector to choose the one with a high joule rating.
The third consideration to make when choosing an ideal surge protector is its response time. The duration that a surge protector takes before sensing excess voltage is called response time. An ideal surge protector should take a short time to respond to an incoming surge to keep devices safe. A good surge protectors should take seconds to respond to a surge.
The article has discussed some of the important factors to consider when choosing a standard surge protector that will protect any electrical surge and that which is safe to be used in homes, offices and many other places.