{"id":6570,"date":"2014-06-19T09:26:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T01:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sg\/?p=6570"},"modified":"2019-10-07T15:51:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T07:51:39","slug":"success-story-gmm-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2014\/06\/success-story-gmm-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Story: GMM Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>6 years ago, the GMM building was struck by lightning &#8211; resulting in loss of functionality of their core businesses in media streaming of movies and music. Consumers were unable to download of all these as a result of these lightning surges. All of these caused a massive financial loss for the company.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Phoenix Contact Thailand was on hand to help GMM solve this problem and ensure that there will not be a repeat of this again.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Phoenix Contact Thailand\u00a0recommended 30 sets of \u00a0Type 2 Surge Protection Device (VAL-MS 230\/3+1) to protect the 30 floor tall building and also 6 sets of our Type 1 Lightning Arrester (FLT-PLUS CTRL-0.9) to protect the main distribution board.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6845\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/20199_1000_int_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6845\" class=\"wp-image-6845 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/20199_1000_int_04-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Type 1 Lightning Arrester\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Type 1 Lightning Arrester<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6846\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/20222_3000_int_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6846\" class=\"wp-image-6846 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/20222_3000_int_04-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Type 2 SPD - VAL-MS 230\/3+1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/20222_3000_int_04-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/20222_3000_int_04-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/20222_3000_int_04.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Type 2 SPD &#8211; VAL-MS 230\/3+1<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ever since the devices have been installed, GMM have not faced any downtime due to lightning surges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/03\/lms.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6571\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/03\/lms.png\" alt=\"LMS Installation - GMM\" width=\"157\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This success gave GMM the trust in Phoenix Contact&#8217;s surge protection products and explore other products. As surge protection devices are &#8216;sacrificed&#8217; in order to protect the system when the surge is greater than what the SPD can handle, GMM wanted to have a solution that can actively monitor the lightning surge capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix Contact was invited to propose a solution and after understanding the needs of GMM, proposed one of our products that won the Hermes Award in 2012 &#8211; the LM-S (Lightning Monitoring System).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6849\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/int_Blitzstrom_Messsystem_LM-S_zoom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6849\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6849\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/int_Blitzstrom_Messsystem_LM-S_zoom-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Phoenix Contact's LM-S\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/int_Blitzstrom_Messsystem_LM-S_zoom-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/int_Blitzstrom_Messsystem_LM-S_zoom-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/int_Blitzstrom_Messsystem_LM-S_zoom-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/int_Blitzstrom_Messsystem_LM-S_zoom.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phoenix Contact&#8217;s LM-S<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Installing the LM-S was the ideal solution to capture these lightning surges data. Due to the installation of the LM-S, GMM have never faced any more downtime due to surges and they are able to monitor all the data at their fingertips via SMS or Ethernet anytime!<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video interview conducted with Mr Supasit from GMM Thailand on how Phoenix Contact provided a solution to their lightning surge problems!<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FiAvRnm8z-I<\/p>\n<p>Want to find out more? Feel free to contact us at marketing@phoenixcontact.com.sg!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 years ago, the GMM building was struck by lightning &#8211; resulting in loss of functionality of their core businesses in media streaming of movies and music. Consumers were unable to download of all these as a result of these lightning surges. All of these caused a massive financial loss for the company. 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