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CoreTEK's Surge Protectors keep your networks running .....

As office automation continues to advance, your business becomes more reliant on insuring that the voice and data networks which interconnect computers and office personnel remain fully functional and available. Indeed, downtime due to network hardware failures equates to an inability to meet your business goals and, inevitably, lost revenues. The introduction of high speed, Category 5E networks (100+MBPS) is not only indicative of the need to move more information quickly, but also highlights just how critical the interoffice information highway has become to business operations.

Unfortunately, Category 5E and similar network protocols operate at very low voltages, making them extraordinarily vulnerable to magnetically and capacitive coupled transients.  Lightning strikes, coupled power surges, and inadvertent premise wiring mistakes or errors during routine maintenance procedures can easily lead to failed network hardware and interruptions in daily operations.

To help alleviate these problems CoreTEK Industries, Inc. has created the reliable and cost effective 568A/B, and 497A/B products to protect against the damaging effects of extremely large surge voltages.  These products utilize state-of-the-art Hybrid Silicon Junction Avalanche Diodes and Gas Discharge Tubes to protect networks from high energy, repetitive surges. In most cases, the design insures no interruption to network operations due to transient surges. Under extreme and very rare cases, the low cost protection board itself will fail, leaving the more expensive network hardware intact and functional. The protection boards are hot swappable to insure that individual nodes which may have been dropped from the network can quickly be returned to full operational status without interfering with other users.

 

 

Lightning Facts:

Average lightning stroke is 6 miles long.

Average Thunderstorm is 6 - 10 miles wide.

Average Thunderstorm travels at 25 MPH.

 

Myth:

Among the myths about negative effects of lightning is the "crispy critter" myth.  This is the belief that the victim struck by lightning bursts into flames or is reduced to a pile of ashes. In reality, lightning often flashes over the outside of a victim, sometimes blowing off the clothes but leaving few external signs of injury and few, if any, burns.