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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type

Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type
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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type

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Overview of Surge Protection Solutions
Mersen's Surge-Trap® solutions offer comprehensive protection against electrical surges, including lightning and transient overvoltages, crucial for safeguarding equipment and ensuring safety, service continuity, and energy efficiency.
Risk of Electrical Surges
Electrical surges can cause significant equipment damage, leading to service disruptions and financial losses. Overvoltage protection extends equipment life by over 20%, reducing electronic waste and power consumption.
Transient Voltage Surges
Transient overvoltages, often caused by lightning or switching operations, can reach tens of kilovolts. Proper grounding is essential for effective surge protection.
Why Choose Mersen?
Mersen is a leader in surge protection, offering innovative solutions and expertise in SPD and fuse technology, with global manufacturing and testing capabilities ensuring compliance with international standards (IEC and UL).
Implementing Protection to IEC 61643-11
When selecting an SPD, consider network topology, nominal voltage, and exposure to atmospheric phenomena. Mersen provides a 3-step protection system using Type 1, 2, and 3 SPDs for comprehensive protection.
Surge-Trap® Range Overview
Mersen offers a wide range of SPDs for various applications, including industrial, commercial, and residential settings, designed to meet IEC and UL standards.
Basic Guide to Selection of SPDs
The selection of SPDs depends on factors such as overhead lines, external lightning protection, and location. Mersen provides a guide to help choose the appropriate SPD type for different scenarios.
Specifications
  • Type 1 SPDs: Designed for direct lightning strikes, with a lightning impulse current of 50kA (10/350μs).
  • Type 2 SPDs: Handles maximum discharge currents of 40kA (8/20μs).
  • Type 2+3 SPDs: Combined devices for discharging induced transient overvoltages, with a maximum discharge current of 20kA (8/20μs).
  • Type 1+2 SPDs: Combines features of Type 1 and Type 2, with a lightning impulse current of 12.5kA (10/350μs) and maximum discharge current of 50kA (8/20μs).
Features
  • Remote indication and visual status display for end-of-life of protection devices.
  • Reversible installation allowing cable entry from above or below.
  • Mechanically coded cartridges to prevent replacement errors.
  • Compliance with IEC/EN 61643-11 standards.
Applications
  • SPDs are applicable in solar farms, residential buildings, industrial applications, and outdoor LED lighting.
  • Suitable for various network configurations including TNS, TNC, TT, and IT systems.
Highlights
  • Mersen's Surge-Trap® solutions offer compact and easy-to-install devices with high performance in surge protection.
  • Features include vibration-proof insertion, biconnect connections, and optimized disconnection systems.
Additional Solutions
  • Smart solutions for remote site protection, including smart automatic reclosers and continuous ground monitors, enhance reliability and safety by monitoring voltage, current, and ground connections.
Key Issues Identified
  • Deterioration of ground connections due to aging earth rods, cable theft, or increased soil resistivity during dry seasons.
  • Breakage or poor connection of the neutral wire.
Solutions and Recommendations
  • Continuous 24x7 monitoring of the earth-loop to ensure real-time awareness of grounding status.
  • No additional earth rods are required, making the solution easy and complementary to existing maintenance earth testing.
  • The efficiency of a Surge Protective Device (SPD) is highly dependent on the quality of the ground connection.
Technical Details
  • Includes a wiring diagram illustrating the connection of L1, L2, L3, N, and PE to an electric load.
Contact Information
  • Mersen France SB S.A.S., located at 15 rue Jacques de Vaucanson, F-69720 Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure, France.
  • Contact number: +33 4 72 22 66 11
  • Email: [email protected]
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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-1

SURGE PROTECTION SURGE PROTECTION MeR5ei\l Expertise, our source of energy W SOLUTIONS SURGE-TRAP® IEC TYPE 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 LIGHTNING AND SURGE PROTECTI ON

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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-2

RISK OF ELECTRICAL SURGES Lightning and surge protection Electrical and electronic equipment is indispensable in the daily activities of today’s businesses and individuals. Such devices are connected to the electricity grid, often exchanging data and signals through communication lines and are usually sensitive to disturbances. These interconnecting networks provide a propagation path for overvoltages. Protection against lightning and overvoltages not only ensures the safety of people, goods and equipment, but also ensures continuity of installation services and meet criteria of energy efficiency....

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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-3

Expertise in power quality Your global electrical power partner Mersen is a leading market player with innovative solutions in the field of lightning and surge protection. We design, manufacture, test and certify our products and your systems. Safety & reliability for surge protection • Bringing together the experience of the principal international manufacturing and test standards for SPDs (IEC and UL) • Unique expertise in the combination of SPD and fuse technology, one of the hot topics in the SPD industry Lightning and surge protection Mersen offers a wide range of solutions along with advice...

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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-4

Protection parameters according to IEC 61643-11 Iimp When selecting an SPD, several points must be considered: • Network topology: TNS, TNC, TT, IT, PV and No of conductors. • Nominal voltage rating (Un) of the supply. Impulse current Peak current with 10/350μs waveform which the protection device can withstand without reaching end of life. Imax Maximum discharge current Peak current with 8/20μs waveform which the protection device can withstand without reaching end of life. In Nominal current Peak current in 8/20μs waveform the protection device can withstand 20 times without reaching end of...

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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-5

Protection system of coordinated stages: Type 1, 2 and 3 SPDs The SPDs of a surge protection system must be able to withstand the discharged current and provide a Ures level (residual voltage) lower than the Ue peak voltage that the equipment can withstand. Most of the times it is not possible to achieve this with just one SPD, especially because the intensity of the surge is not known, and because of the induction of overvoltages when conductors exceed 10m. The optimal system of protection is the 3-STEP approach, in which successive stages are combined in the performance of high discharge capacity devices...

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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-6

FIRST STEP OF PROTECTION 50kA WIDE RANGE 6 Mersen • Surge-Trap® Solutions

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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-7

ONE SOLUTION FOR EVERY STEP OF PROTECTION FINE PROTECTION SLIM: SPACE SAVING STE T23 EMI STL/STLB T23 LED See page 26 See page 27 Final stage of protection (very fine) Discharge capacity Approvals / Standards Mersen • Surge-Trap® Solutions 7

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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-8

MAIN PANEL DISTRIBUTION BOARD External lightning protection? Overhead supply? Overhead supply? Located in most stormy country region? 8 Mersen • Surge-Trap® Solutions External lightning protection? PANEL BOARD Located in most stormy country region?

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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-9

START Outdoor luminaire manufacturer PANEL BOARD SPD Type 2+3 Slim Imax: 20kA (8/20) Panel builder / installer START SOLAR FARMS Self-consumption / off-grid TRANSFORMER (Concentrator) Overhead lines? METERS CENTER MERSEN SOLUTION Mersen • Surge-Trap® Solutions 9

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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-10

Biconnect connection Two types of terminal: for rigid or flexible cable and for fork type comb busbar. Remote indication Dry contacts, optional in all ranges, for remote indication of protector end of life. Clear display of protection end of life. Mersen quality Product range produced entirely by Mersen, with a thermal disconnection system. Use of the best materials and components. Cartridge security system Vibration proof insertion "click” effect. New, optimised disconnection system Mersen has developed an optimised disconnection system for end of life. Complies with the disconnection tests...

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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-11

THE BEST PERFORMANCE IN THE MARKET Type 1 lightning current arrester • Discharges impulse currents with a 10/350μs waveform: 50kA per phase. Multi Spark Gap • Follow current quenching capacity. Ifi: 50kA. • Low residual voltage. • Leakage current free (LCF). Status indication Remote and visual indication of life status of the protection device. Type 2+3, 2 poles in 1 module Compact combined device (Type 2+3) for fine protection. Ideal for limited spaces. All models include an electromagnetic filter for network noise. Combined devices for discharging induced transient overvoltages, while providing...

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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-12

STM T1 50 STM T1 50 is the most robust series of single pole Type 1/Class I lightning current arresters, able to discharge energy (current) from a direct lightning strike (10/350js) on an external lightning protection system (LPS) or overhead supplies, in accordance with IEC/EN 61643-11. Suitable as the first step of protection in incoming power supply panels and areas with high exposure to lightning strikes, fitted with an external lightning protection system. Ratings and features • Lightning impulse current (10/350js): 50kA • Follow current quenching capacity (Ifi): 50kA • Leakage current free...

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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-13

STP T12 12.5 STP T12 12.5 is the series of combined Type 1+2/Class I + II devices for discharging lightning currents and protecting against voltage surges, in accordance with IEC/EN 61643-11. Suitable as the first step of protection in incoming power supply panels and areas with exposure to the atmosphere, where installations are usually provided with an external lightning protection system. Ratings and features • Lightning impulse current (10/350js): 12.5kA per phase • Maximum discharge current (8/20js): 50kA per phase • Nominal discharge current (8/20js): 20kA per phase • TNS, TNC, TT and IT...

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Surge Trap IEC Type 1, 1+2, 2, 2+3 Surge Protective Devices Type-14

Extra Low Voltage, also for use in DC Photovoltaic self-consumption / off-grid applications. 14 Mersen • Surge-Trap® Solutions

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