Stop Your Maintenance Events with Kenick VSS-20 Surge Protection

Surge-related equipment failures can mean service interruptions, costly repairs, and unnecessary truck rolls. Kenick's VSS-20 was designed to help protect outside-plant power supplies from damaging surge events and line-drop overvoltage conditions.

Surge Protection for Your Outside Plant

Kenick has more than 30 years of experience designing surge protection products for the utility industry. The VSS-20 combines utility-grade surge protection using patented X-Coil technology with special line-drop fusing designed to help prevent amplifier damage and reduce service interruptions.

Help reduce service interruptions
Help reduce repair and maintenance costs
Help reduce avoidable truck rolls

Multi-Stage High-Energy Surge Suppression

Circuitry absorbs and reroutes surge energy to ground or, during a catastrophic surge, disconnects power
Multi-stage TSS designed for low clamping voltage
Thermal disconnects for fire safety
Patented X-Coil design (U.S. Patent No. 7,085,115 B2)
Dual-voltage operation: 120 V or 240 V
20-amp rated

Line-Drop Overvoltage Protection

Special current-limiting fuses help stop current caused by a high-voltage line drop
Rated for 10,000-amp symmetrical fault current
Surge durable up to 40,000 amps peak surge current
Heavy-duty design for reliable field service

Compact and Easy to Install

Less than 3/4 inch tall
Cord-connected for convenient installation
Special 5-15, 5-20, or 6-15 plugs help ensure use on the correct circuits
Hard-wired version also available
One-year warranty on parts and labor

VSS-20 performance chart from Kenick's product flyer

Field Performance: Keeping Cable Systems Online

A live 7,200-volt power line fell to the ground near two power-supply cabinets serving a cable network. The line struck the cabinets multiple times, causing visible damage to the cabinet exteriors and exposing the equipment to high voltage and current.

The customer reported that the power-supply equipment continued operating throughout the event and that the cable system stayed online. Each power-supply unit was protected by a Kenick VSS-20 surge protector. The customer reported that the only electronic equipment damage was a surge protector that burned up during the incident.

Exterior of a power-supply cabinet after a power-line incident

Close-up of damage to a power-supply cabinet

“We put a few VSS20 units on our most troublesome sites. They worked great and eliminated the problems. Based on that, we put VSS20BH units on ALL of our sites.”

Help Reduce Costly Maintenance Events

Outside-plant equipment operates in demanding conditions where power disturbances can create expensive service calls. Kenick's VSS-20 offers surge suppression and line-drop overvoltage protection in a compact package designed for field installation.

Contact Kenick to discuss surge protection for your outside-plant power supplies and network equipment.

KENICK, Inc.
800.362.9997
11400 47th St., Suite A, Clearwater, FL 33762
www.KENICK.com

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