How nVent ERIFLEX’s Safe, Reliable, Space-Saving and Time-Saving Products Can Benefit Specifying Engineers and Contractors
nVent ERIFLEX provides low-voltage connection and distribution products for several applications, including, but not limited to energy storage systems, fast DC chargers, battery packs, inverters, transformers, combiner boxes,...
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The Science of a Lightning Strike and How to Safeguard Your Facility with a Lightning Protection System
Lightning is a random, yet devastating phenomena. Across the U.S., a lightning strikes on average 25 million times per year and occurs at a rate of 100 flashes…
What is Facility Electrical Protection?
Electrical systems are all around us— at work, home, grocery stores, manufacturing plants and more. Our everyday lives depend on these electrical systems performing at their best without…
Introducing nVent ERICO: A Leader in Facility Electrical Protection for a Safer, More Connected World
Introduced in 1903, the Electric Railway Improvement Company (ERICO) was created to supply power bonds, signal bonds and related welding equipment to railroads and railway industries. Over the…
3 Products to Consider for Railway Lightning Protection
As a result of changing technology, railways are more likely to feel the devastations of a lightning strike than ever. Microprocessor-based equipment has increasingly replaced solid state technology…
Why a Proper Grounding System Is the Key to Effective Lightning Protection
Lightning currents inherently want to ground—whether the proper systems are in place or not. A lightning strike, which is intercepted by an air terminal, must have its current…
Combat Copper Theft: How to Protect Your Investment
Copper is viewed as the global standard for electrical conductivity in the utility sector. It’s high current carrying capacity coupled with its resistance to scratches and breakage, and…
The Six Point Plan to Achieving Telecom Facility Lightning Protection
Lightning is a constant risk. A single direct strike can result in physical damage to buildings and cause catastrophic failure of sensitive electronic equipment. Lightning causes 22,600 fires…
How to Gain Faster, More Reliable Railway Connections with ERICO CADWELD PLUS
Travel delays are frustrating. On the consumer side, delays cause late days to work or missed flights. For engineers, travel delays mean low customer satisfaction, unexpected downtime and…
A Beginner’s Guide to Lightning Risks and Protection Methods
Scientists and scholars alike have had a longstanding fascination with lightning. Of course, the most famous student of this natural phenomenon, Benjamin Franklin, was also one of the…
The 4 Critical Qualities of Effective Ground Enhancement Materials (GEM)
Ground enhancement materials (GEM) exist to solve the toughest grounding problems. To finalize the dissipation of a lightning current safely into the earth, high conductivity ground must be…