How to use SPDs in the Solar Power Generation Industry
It's widely reported that the solar industry has the resource potential to meet the global electrical power demands of every nation throughout the world. During 2015, solar beat out natural gas capacity additions with solar supplying 29.5% of all new electric generating capacity in the U.S. for the first time.
Telecom Grounding Systems – Part I
n this first part of four articles, we will cover the implementation of a low resistance, low impedance telecom grounding system from not only a practical viewpoint, but as it relates to Motorola R56 specifications.
Protect Solar Farms from Lightning Strikes
Solar farms are just big fields covered with conductive [...]
Lightning Strike Threats on Solar Arrays
ALLTEC's engineering manager Jim Grasty discusses the threat of [...]
ALLTEC appears in Wade4Wireless July Podcast
Now, who is ALLTEC? That is the company that can give you end to end solutions for not only lightning protection, but surge protection in general. It’s not just about the big surges, it is about the breakdown of equipment over time.
Electrostatic Hazard Mitigation
Reportedly static electricity causes an average of 280 industrial incidents each year in the US alone. Additionally, static electricity is responsible for at least two serious industrial fires or explosions every day of the year somewhere in the world.

