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Power
Protection > Total Protection
What is Total Power
Protection Solution? This is when a consumer has
"bulletproofed" their system by installing a UPS on servers
and critical workstations, SurgeArrests on workstations, and ProtectNets
on their datalines.
The Need for
ProtectNet
Why use a
ProtectNet?
To protect your equipment from the harmful dataline transients that
enter your computer through unprotected datalines.
What happens if I
don't use a ProtectNet? Without ProtectNet, your equipment and
valuable data are susceptible to non-AC line surge events that can
damage modems, network interface cards, motherboards, hubs, etc.
How are dataline
surges caused? Electrostatic discharge (electricity in the air),
coupling from electrical line (surge jumps onto dataline from nearby AC
power), and potential differences between safety grounds of different
network components all create dataline surges.
When do I need
dataline protection? You can experience dataline surges on any
length of cable. The longer the cable, however, the more
susceptible it is to damaging surges. If the cable length is
greater than six feet, then you should protect your critical equipment.
What is Breakover
Voltage? It is the voltage where the active components in the
ProtectNet shunt the additional voltage on the line to the ground.
What is a "back
door" surge? People protect their AC lines without
realizing that other paths besides the AC line (including telephone
lines, ethernet lines and cable TV lines) are typically not protected
and are open to damaging surges.
Some ProtectNet units
look alike, are they? No. Each product has a different
breakover voltage and only protects the lines for which it was intended.
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