An electrical surge can last for seconds or several days. Surges can range in size from millivolts to tens of thousands of volts and produce device failures, equipment damage, and result in downtime or even serious injury.
Surge protection and grounding design for historic, older, and new buildings
Grounding design is a common need for older buildings since newer construction has typically been grounded properly to prevent arc flashes and improper electrical flow.
However, new construction with large-scale generators, solar PV systems, and transmission towers requiress skilled, professional grounding design engineering.
Together, R.E. Dimond and Associates combine surge protection and grounding design to ensure:
- Protection from lightning strikes, which has the greatest potential for overloading electrical systems and producing surges that can destroy large parts of the system or devices like computers, security services, and other MEP systems.
- Proper switch operation that maintains electrical currents throughout your building or campus.
- Reduced discharges among electrical components. Discharges can result in arc flashes or electrostatic discharges that can harm equipment and people.
Get started with surge protection and grounding design
Through proper analysis, R.E. Dimond and Associates engineers can recommend changes in your system design, setup, bonding, grounding, and cabling that safely discharge excess electricity away from critical components.
Internal systems can also ensure electrical systems are properly supplied with enough electrical power, redundancies, and backup systems that can control voltage, improve safety, reduce unintentional faults, and sustain critical systems in the event of a critical failure or incident.
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