Protection of the nacelle – surge protection

Lightning currents and surges put the sensitive technology in the nacelle of the wind turbine at risk. Take preventative measures to avoid damage and downtime. Coordinated surge protection maximises the availability of your turbine.

The protection concept

Product recommendations:

Arrester monitoring

Use our special LifeCheck arrester monitoring with RFID technology for information and data technology and make sure you stay in the picture about the status of your surge arresters.

C - DEHNguard SE H 1000 VA FM

To protect the generator - type 2 SPD, further development of the "Neptune circuit" with improved protection level

D - DEHNguard M TNC

To protect the voltage supply - type 2 SPD

E - BLITZDUCTOR XT

To protect 4 single lines sharing a common reference potential as well as unbalanced interfaces - type 1SPD with LifeCheck (possibility to monitor arresters with DEHNrecord)

E - BLITZDUCTOR XT

To protect 2 pairs of high-frequency bus systems or video transmission systems - type 1SPD with LifeCheck (possibility to monitor arresters with DEHNrecord)

E - DEHNpatch Class E

To protect Industrial Ethernet, Power over Ethernet (IEEE 802.3 compliant up to PoE++ / 4PPoE) and similar applications in structured cabling systems according to class E up to 250 MHz