{"id":982,"date":"2010-07-23T09:41:17","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T01:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sg\/?p=982"},"modified":"2010-07-23T09:41:17","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T01:41:17","slug":"is-surge-protection-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Surge Protection Necessary?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Wikipedia, Singapore has one of the highest rates of lightning activity in the world.\u00a0 Did you know that our tiny island is struck by lightning every other day?\u00a0 Therefore statistically speaking, the odds of getting hit by lightning are exceptionally high, which makes the use of Surge Protection Devices<\/a> or SPDs<\/a> in most electrical installations, essential.\u00a0 However, to my surprise, many of us do not install SPDs<\/a> as we have this belief that our electrical infrastructure (underground cables) is safe and reliable.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Has it ever occurred to you that the moment when lightning hits the ground, it actually generates an electrical surge that creates a ripple effect in the ground and enters into any electric cable that crosses its path?\u00a0 Now, when this happens, it will induce an electrical surge into the cable and send a power surge to your connected electronic equipment.\u00a0 I did not believe it at first until I witnessed a few incidents lately.<\/p>\n

A few days ago, the 42-storey Singapore Flyer was forced to shut down after being struck by lightning.\u00a0 The lightning strike, believed to be an indirect strike, caused the air-conditioning systems to malfunction.\u00a0 As a result, the attraction had to be closed for a few days.\u00a0 If we do the math, it easily translates into the loss of millions of dollars for the operator.\u00a0 This episode could have been evaded if the Singapore Flyer had been adequately protected with SPDs<\/a> from the beginning.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Another incident, which happened about 3 months ago, occured when a lightning struck the Bukit Panjang Light Rail Transit network, or LRT.\u00a0 It caused a huge disruption to the rail services and hundreds were left stranded inside the trains for hours.\u00a0 It definitely does not feel good to be one of the trapped commuters.\u00a0 Once again, this stresses the importance of SPDs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>
\nI suppose many today still hope to keep cost low by avoiding the deployment of SPDs<\/a>. \u00a0 However, we will only realize their importance when it\u2019s too late.\u00a0 We usually ended up paying additional to recover these damages, often much more than what the SPDs<\/a> would cost.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, investing in a SPD<\/a> is, in effect, investing in a good insurance policy.\u00a0 You pay a premium for something that you hope you never have to use but are glad you did when you do.<\/p>\n

Think, again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to Wikipedia, Singapore has one of the highest rates of lightning activity in the world.\u00a0 Did you know that our tiny island is struck by lightning every other day?\u00a0 Therefore statistically speaking, the odds of getting hit by lightning are exceptionally high, which makes the use of Surge Protection Devices or SPDs in most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[191,396,403,705,741],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-electrical-surge","tag-lightning-strike","tag-lrt","tag-singapore-flyer","tag-surge-protection"],"yoast_head":"\nIs Surge Protection Necessary? | Southeast Asia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is Surge Protection Necessary? | Southeast Asia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to Wikipedia, Singapore has one of the highest rates of lightning activity in the world.\u00a0 Did you know that our tiny island is struck by lightning every other day?\u00a0 Therefore statistically speaking, the odds of getting hit by lightning are exceptionally high, which makes the use of Surge Protection Devices or SPDs in most […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Southeast Asia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/phoenixcontactsea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-07-23T01:41:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2010\/07\/Frequency-of-Lightning-Strikes.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Siang Leng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Phoenix_Contact\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Phoenix_Contact\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Siang Leng\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/\",\"name\":\"Is Surge Protection Necessary? | Southeast Asia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2010\/07\/Frequency-of-Lightning-Strikes.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-07-23T01:41:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/#\/schema\/person\/d8b19febced9d5abe308953ed0296d2d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2010\/07\/Frequency-of-Lightning-Strikes.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2010\/07\/Frequency-of-Lightning-Strikes.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Is Surge Protection Necessary?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/\",\"name\":\"Southeast Asia\",\"description\":\"PHOENIX CONTACT\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/#\/schema\/person\/d8b19febced9d5abe308953ed0296d2d\",\"name\":\"Siang Leng\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b155032318fb1360861e72b83954d38d258475fe6291d9cccc35d30322c47955?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b155032318fb1360861e72b83954d38d258475fe6291d9cccc35d30322c47955?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Siang Leng\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/author\/sltan\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Is Surge Protection Necessary? | Southeast Asia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Is Surge Protection Necessary? | Southeast Asia","og_description":"According to Wikipedia, Singapore has one of the highest rates of lightning activity in the world.\u00a0 Did you know that our tiny island is struck by lightning every other day?\u00a0 Therefore statistically speaking, the odds of getting hit by lightning are exceptionally high, which makes the use of Surge Protection Devices or SPDs in most […]","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/","og_site_name":"Southeast Asia","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/phoenixcontactsea\/","article_published_time":"2010-07-23T01:41:17+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2010\/07\/Frequency-of-Lightning-Strikes.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Siang Leng","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Phoenix_Contact","twitter_site":"@Phoenix_Contact","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Siang Leng","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/","name":"Is Surge Protection Necessary? | Southeast Asia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2010\/07\/Frequency-of-Lightning-Strikes.jpg","datePublished":"2010-07-23T01:41:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/#\/schema\/person\/d8b19febced9d5abe308953ed0296d2d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2010\/07\/Frequency-of-Lightning-Strikes.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2010\/07\/Frequency-of-Lightning-Strikes.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/07\/is-surge-protection-necessary\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Is Surge Protection Necessary?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/","name":"Southeast Asia","description":"PHOENIX CONTACT","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/#\/schema\/person\/d8b19febced9d5abe308953ed0296d2d","name":"Siang Leng","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b155032318fb1360861e72b83954d38d258475fe6291d9cccc35d30322c47955?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b155032318fb1360861e72b83954d38d258475fe6291d9cccc35d30322c47955?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Siang Leng"},"url":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/author\/sltan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}