All businesses are at risk from the problems caused by transient power supply activity. For example, external power spikes expose your equipment to dangerously high voltages over a very short time – a nearby lightning strike can transmit a devastating surge of over 20,000 volts through your mains supply.

This can cause instantaneous and catastrophic equipment failure, resulting in immediate operational shutdown and disruption to your business. Replacing damaged equipment could cost you many thousands of pounds.

Imagine the impact of losing the use of key electrical equipment such as your IT network, telephone or EPOS systems. What would be the financial impact on your business after one hour’s disruption? Or after one shift, one day or an even longer period?

Fact: the risk is greater than you think

A study carried out by IBM concluded that 88.5% of AC power problems are related to transients, surges and spikes. Though you may not have heard the terms before, these are common events that can lead to:

• decline in the performance of your equipment
  reducing its lifetime and lowering the return on your investment
• damage to your equipment
  costing your business both time and money needed to organise repair or replacement
• disruption to your business process
  causing down-time which can threaten your reputation and relationships with customers

Fact: the causes are beyond your control

No matter who supplies your power, you have no control over the causes of transients, surges and spikes. These include:

• malfunctioning equipment at local companies sharing your transformer
• lightning strikes – even those occurring hundreds of metres away
• switching of supply at your local transformer by the power company

Fact: the solution is simple

PowerShield offers low-cost, high-performance protection from the transients, surges and spikes that pose such a threat to your business. Learn more.