Tim Fazio

At TPD, we know that even the best surge protection won’t function at peak performance if it’s not installed properly. Critical installation methods for breaker panel surge protection are outlined in the IEEE recommended practices. Keep reading to learn more about proper installation of surge protectors for breaker panels!

All precision LED lighting is highly sensitive to voltage fluctuations. Voltage sags, spikes, and fluctuations caused by HVAC systems, large appliances, or grid instability can result in visible flickers, glitches, and even permanent damage to LED drivers and lighting controllers. TPD's voltage regulator, the TPD-VR corrects disturbances in power in <8ms to ensure regulated voltage for high-end lighting systems.

A properly coordinated whole home surge protection system is the biggest payback product you will get as a homeowner. Every piece of equipment in your home—from smart TVs to lighting, appliances, and HVAC systems—has a total cost over its lifetime. That includes repairs, maintenance, downtime, and premature replacements. TPD surge protection reduces hidden costs by minimizing wear and tear on sensitive electronics, preventing failures, and extending the usable life of expensive equipment. Continue reading for our layered surge protection approach:

In a perfect world with perfect power and ideal environmental conditions, electronics could last indefinitely; however, power is not perfect, and surges happen frequently. A surge, also known as a transient, is a sudden increase in voltage that typically lasts less than one sixtieth of a second. Surges can cause problems such as downtime, lost productivity, equipment failure, high maintenance costs, long-term system degradation, and data loss/corruption. Protect your home or facility with a TPD surge protection system and prevent 85% to 95% of surge related problems!

Are you resetting customer equipment late at night or constantly solving nuisance issues? Dealing with unexplained lockups, glitches, and equipment failures is costly and time-consuming, but 85% to 95% of all power quality problems can be eliminated by implementing a TPD surge protection system.

Voltage regulation refers to the process of maintaining a consistent voltage level to ensure the proper functioning of electronic devices and equipment. TPD is excited to announce the TPD-VR, a voltage regulator that conditions and regulates power, preventing electronic lockups, glitches, and failures over a wide input voltage range with an extremely fast correction time (8ms or less). This field-proven technology has been used in thousands of applications such as hospitals, airports, and industrial facilities, and we are proud to introduce it to the custom residential marketplace.

TPD eliminated nuisance tripping in a 12,000 square foot home in Montana using surge protection with EMI/RFI filtering.

Running speaker wires out to numerous outdoor speakers is like creating a giant copper antenna that attracts lightning. Once lightning finds itself inside the building it can easily destroy the amp and migrate to other equipment in the rack or in the electrical panel feeding the rack.

When unprotected equipment fails, locks up, or glitches it may create a plethora of problems in an electronic system causing downtime, service calls, loss of productivity, and loss of time to enjoy the system. A properly installed TPD surge suppression system can maintain the peak performance of equipment for the longest possible time and save the customer money year after year.

Lightning systems, once installed, become a potential problem for the electronics in the house. Lightning protection is not surge protection. Lightning protection does not protect electronics from lightning: it attracts lightning. When the lightning system takes a hit, significant energy is emitted as a Lightning Electro-Magnetic Pulse (LEMP) and it can be induced directly onto internal wiring. Lightning protection systems require surge protection and, in fact, any UL certified Lightning Protection System mandates the installation of an ANSI/UL1449 listed Surge Protection Device.