Learn how to implement a complete electrical protection plan from the experts at nVent ERICO. 

May is Electrical Safety Month, a time to raise awareness about the dangers of electrical hazards and how to prevent them. According to the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI), over 400 electrocutions occur in the United States each year. Electrical fires, shocks, and electrocutions can result in costly property damage, operational downtime, and loss of business. 

That’s why it’s crucial to have a comprehensive electrical protection plan for your facility— whether a commercial building, an industrial plant, a power utility, an EV charging station or any structure that relies on electrical systems and equipment. A complete electrical protection plan can safeguard your facility from lightning strikes, power surges, ground faults, and other electrical disturbances that can seriously threaten your safety and performance. 

Our experts at nVent ERICO have been global leaders in electrical protection solutions for more than 120 years. nVent ERICO offers a wide range of products and services for lightning protection, grounding and bonding, and surge protection—as well as engineering support, testing, and training. The nVent ERICO Electrical Plan of Protection is an engineered systems approach to protecting property from lightning damage and other electrical transient events by providing the most innovative system that meets best engineering practice, focusing on three areas of practice: 

• Lightning protection: Captures and dissipates lightning energy safely into the earth, preventing fires, structural damage, and equipment damage. 
• Grounding and bonding: Provides a low-impedance path to the earth for electrical currents, ensuring electrical continuity and minimizing potential differences between metallic parts. 
• Surge protection: Protects equipment and data from surges and transients on incoming power and communication lines, reducing the risk of damage, malfunction, and downtime. 

Each system depends on the other to function properly and effectively. For example, a lightning protection system cannot work without a low-impedance grounding system, and a surge protection device cannot perform well without a good bonding connection. 

Our experts can help you design and install a customized electrical protection plan that meets your specific needs and challenges while adhering to all relevant codes and standards. nVent ERICO can also provide you with safe, simple, and reliable products and solutions—such as air terminals, down conductors, ground electrodes, ground enhancement materials, exothermic connections, surge protection devices, and more. 

If you want to learn more about how nVent ERICO can help protect your facility from electrical hazards, visit our website, www.nvent.com/erico.  

Don’t let electrical hazards put your facility at risk. Take action today and contact nVent ERICO to get started on your electrical protection plan.