Recent content by Jim from Zero Surge

Sorry about the lightning Skid. It can induce current on metal without ever "touching" it. We never claim to protect against lightning just the maximum rated surge as agreed by the IEEE (6000 volts / 3000 amps). When lightning hits the ground, there are rings of voltage that radiate outward...

Thank you Scott for being a customer! If we do offer a sale, it will only be around Cyber Monday. Prices for raw materials have been rising like crazy this year. It is not just cars that will be in short supply... We do offer a military discount (past and current military). Go to our site to...

The key point is that they have to interrupt power during a surge. That creates a situation where the power has to be restored. The power supply will then pull a lot of in-rush current in order to resupply power which can damage the power supply over time. They are called "power" supplies...

Sorry Skid00 but it is not similar to our design. They still use MOVs. You can see the "MOV" printed on the board on their website "deep dive" into their technology - furmanpower.com/series-multi-stage-protection-smp/ You can also see the iron core inductor which saturates. It is the...

I do not know the exact reason but I can think of a few beyond cost. 1. IEC cords can be rated for lower current than our product so someone could unintentionally de-rate the product and cause fire. 2. One could plug accidentally into 240 volts and blow some components. 3. One could use cord...

I mean two aspects. One - at the high voltage surges, there are so many other factors. A power supply will break down above 2000 volts just from the dielectric material breakdown. That is why lightning is so destructive. But at high voltages, the wire in your home acts as impedance to the...

Thanks. First, one has to compare their "Advanced Series Mode" products. Anything else is likely to be MOV based. The current version of SurgeX is a combination of ESP, SurgeX, and PowerVar all under the parent Ametek. ESP and Powervar used MOVs. Our current product is identical to the...

Hi Todd! Thank you for your orders. To clear up the company history. Rudy created and patented the technology. He founded Zero Surge in 1989. SurgeX started later as a product from New Frontier (1995). Zero Surge made the "guts" of their product until 2009. Rudy also designed and built...