It would be hard to overestimate the importance of electrical devices in today’s world. Every business and every organization relies on electronic devices to provide services, keep records, communicate, and process payments – they literally could not function or stay in business without them. Yet, most of these same businesses are at risk of downtime and equipment damage, either because they are not aware of the threat represented by electrical surge events, or because they do not realize when their surge protection systems are compromised and have stopped providing protection.
If your local convenience store suffers from a power surge that disables or damages their point-of-sale (POS) equipment, lottery terminals, and gas pump controls, it would cause them to lose business and profits. For life safety and security systems, however, it could have even more serious repercussions.