Standards and Certificate of Origin to Consider When Selecting a Surge Arrester

Low Voltage Surge Arrester systems are among the product groups whose usage rate has increased in our country in recent years, as the need for protection increases in direct proportion to the increasing economic size of investments. For example, for a Solar Power Plant with an investment cost of 1 million Euros, sustainable, uninterrupted production is targeted for the return of this money. If the opposite happens, the investment cost will increase in the long run and the investor will suffer losses in this context; of course, the issue will reflect on everyone up to the project engineer working on the site with a domino effect. Therefore, we can provide correct protection against Lightning, Sudden Overvoltage Impulses, Harmonics, and Grid-borne Impulses with LV Surge Arrester systems. On the other hand, since impulses directed at our systems cause arc formation, a first-degree fire risk occurs; we also take these arcs under protection with LV Surge Arrester systems. In summary, quality is inevitable in LV Surge Arrester products to which we entrust both our lives and property, and compliance with international norms is extremely important. The most important condition for LV Surge Arrester products is their production in factories with advanced test laboratories.

Unfortunately, some brands set up a small facility in Europe as a show, produce products in China outside of standards, and create an image of European Origin. This ensures that the LV Surge Arrester products to which we entrust our Lives and Property do not provide correct protection.

It is important that all standard and test documents are current; that the production place and origin are locations where the main test laboratories are located, and this is proven by certificates of origin.

Documents that you should primarily request in LV Surge Arrester systems are listed below, taking into account product group differences.

• IEC/EN 61643-11 Test Certificate – Must be from independent organizations like ÖVE.
• IEC 61643-1 Test Certificate
• CE Declaration Certificate
• Certificate of Origin – Document showing the main production places of European companies.
• Declaration of conformity to IEC 62305 Standard
• EN 60079-0 AND EN 60079-15 EN 62561-3 in Ex-proof spark gap arresters
• IEC/EN 61643-21 in DC Class D Protection Products
• EN 50539-11 in Photovoltaic Products
• UTE C 61-740-51
• UL 1449 Third Edition
• ROHS

As Yılkomer, we carry out the Turkey and Middle East distributorship of ISKRA Zascite Brand products, the LV Surge Arrester product group brand of the German Raycap group. All of ISKRA Zascite products are produced in Slovenia, EUROPE. In addition, all circuit elements such as varistors, gas discharge tubes, zener diodes, and TC circuits contained in the products are produced in different factories in the same region. There are also 3 state-of-the-art test laboratories and R&D centers in Slovenia, testing products sold to 70 countries. Therefore, Iskra Zascite products are products that you can use safely under the guarantorship of Raycap, which offers a 100% protection guarantee in its products produced in Europe and having all certificates. As the Lightning Protection Center , we strive to serve you by combining our Engineering studies with the right product group.