Surge Protection for Commercial Fishing

OVERVIEW

Today's increased reliance on extremely sensitive electronics makes surge protection an important topic for Energy Storage Systems or ESS. The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety study found that $26 billion dollars was lost due to non-lightning power surges. In addition, there are about 25 million lightning strikes in the US each year that cause between $650M to $1B in losses according to the Insurance Information Institute, State Farm©.

This page discusses how to best protect your Commercial Fishing Vessel and all the associated components like Navigation controls, Onboard Lighting and controls, Power Panels, Gen Sets, sensitive communication equipment, Sensors, and other control panel sources.

Selecting SPD for Commercial Fishing Applications

NEC/NFPA 70 require that Surge Protective Devices (SPDs) shall be UL1449 Listed. This means selecting a surge protector is easier than it has ever been. There are only a few choices available for SPDs that are UL Listed for any of the most commonly used surge standards including UL1449 5th Edition, UL497B, and UL497E.

Main Service Panel | Processing Equipment | Lighting Control Panel | Genset | Shore Power

Recommended SPD for Main Service Panel

Location	Equipment	System	Surge Protector Model#	Link
	Main Panelboard	480Vac	MDS750E-480D

Recommended SPD for Processing Equipment control Panel

Equipment	System	Surge Protector Model#
Processing Equipment Control Panel & VFD's	480Vac Power Input	DS74US-480D
Power Supply	120-240Vac Power Input	DS72US-230S/G
DC Power Supply	24Vdc Power Output	DS220S-24DC
Managed/Unmanaged Switch	Ethernet	MJ8-C6A
Communications for Sensors/ IO	4-20mA	DLA-24D3

Recommended SPD for Lighting Control Panel

Equipment	System	Surge Protector Model#	Link
Lighting Control Panel	120/240Vac Power Input	${ITEM_LINK#2179040}<-No Item, #2179040 M50-120T-A	${ITEM_LINK#2179040}<-No Item, #2179040
	120/240Vac	DS73US-120T
	Surface Mount AC	MLPC1-277L-V
	Communications Ethernet Cat 6A	MJ8-C6A

Recommended SPD for Genset & Shore Power

Location	Equipment	System	Surge Protector Model#	Link
	Gensets & Shore Power	277/480Vac AC Power Input	MDS600E-2777Y
		Communications Ethernet Cat 6A	MJ8-C6A

Recommended SPD for Communication & Media

Equipment	System	Surge Protector Model#
Communications & Media Cabinet	24Vdc Power Input	DS220S-24DC
	Netwrok Switch Ethernet Cat 6A	MJ8-C6A
	Netwrok Switch POE Cat. 6A	MJ8-POE-C6A
	Energy Mgnt RS232	DLA-12D3
	Energy Mgnt 4-20mA	DLA-24D3
	SCADA Wireless	P8AX09-6G-N/FF