{"id":4905,"date":"2013-05-01T11:57:34","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T15:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theweekinimaging.com\/?p=4905"},"modified":"2013-05-01T12:00:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T16:00:52","slug":"the-more-things-change-victorian-electrical-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/feature-articles\/2013\/05\/the-more-things-change-victorian-electrical-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"The More Things Change: Victorian Electrical Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"power<\/a>\u201cConfound that brutish electronic contraption!\u201d Perhaps that\u2019s what one or two Victorians shouted when they confronted a problem still facing people throughout the world\u2014the failure of electrical equipment.<\/p>\n

Consider the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858. In Tom Standage\u2019s\u00a0outstanding historical book,<\/a>\u00a0The Victorian Internet, he writes that the cable spanned across the Atlantic from United States to Europe and was met with celebrations on both sides of the Ocean. President James Buchanan and Queen Victoria used it to communicate with one another; books, newspapers, and even churches praised the cable as one of the great triumphs of human history. It was a landmark invention beloved by people across the world\u2014until it stopped working altogether within a month of its completion.<\/p>\n

According to Standage, the failure created a public outcry. The revolutionary cable had ceased to fulfill its purpose, due in large part to poor management, manufacturing, and design\u2014that is, the Victorians saw that even technological wonders aren\u2019t immune from harm.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, today\u2019s electrical devices aren\u2019t immune, either. Sure, modern technology has come a long way since Queen Victoria\u2019s rule, but problems still occur for a variety of reasons. This can be especially frustrating for your clients who rely on electrical equipment for their day-to-day operations. Accounting for some of these electrical problems are\u00a0power anomalies\u2014hazards that negatively impact electrical equipment.<\/p>\n

Here are a few types of power anomalies that can negatively affect your clients:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lightning strikes \u2022 Faulty wiring \u2022 Electromagnetic interference \u2022 Internal and external surges<\/p>\n

Like the Victorians, our clients like their equipment best when it\u2019s reliable\u2014safeguarding from power anomalies is one way you can ensure this is the case for the products you sell them. Companies like\u00a0ESP<\/a>\/SurgeX<\/a>\u00a0make equipment that can protect your clients\u2019 devices, allowing them to perform tasks like calling Europe (or even the Queen)\u2014without the confounded disruptions.<\/p>\n

ESP<\/a>\/SurgeX<\/a>\u00a0Asks: What\u2019s your favorite Victorian invention?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cConfound that brutish electronic contraption!\u201d Perhaps that\u2019s what one or two Victorians shouted when they confronted a problem still facing people throughout the world\u2014the failure of electrical equipment. Consider the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858. In Tom Standage\u2019s\u00a0outstanding historical book,\u00a0The Victorian Internet, he writes that the cable spanned across the Atlantic from United States to Europe and was met with celebrations on both sides of the Ocean. President James Buchanan and Queen Victoria used it to communicate with one another; books, newspapers, and even churches praised the cable as one of the great triumphs of human history. It was a landmark invention beloved by people across the world\u2014until it stopped working altogether within a month of its completion. According to Standage, the failure created a public outcry. The revolutionary cable had ceased to fulfill its purpose, due in large part to poor management, manufacturing, and design\u2014that is, the Victorians saw that even technological wonders aren\u2019t immune from harm. Unfortunately, today\u2019s electrical devices aren\u2019t immune, either. Sure, modern technology has come a long way since Queen Victoria\u2019s rule, but problems still occur for a variety of reasons. This can be especially frustrating for your clients who rely on electrical equipment for their day-to-day operations. Accounting for some of these electrical problems are\u00a0power anomalies\u2014hazards that negatively impact electrical equipment. Here are a few types of power anomalies that can negatively affect your clients: \u2022 Lightning strikes \u2022 Faulty wiring \u2022 Electromagnetic interference \u2022 Internal and external surges Like the Victorians, our clients like their equipment best when it\u2019s reliable\u2014safeguarding from power anomalies is one way you can ensure this is the case for the products you sell them. Companies like\u00a0ESP\/SurgeX\u00a0make equipment that can protect your clients\u2019 devices, allowing them to perform tasks like calling Europe (or even the Queen)\u2014without the confounded disruptions. ESP\/SurgeX\u00a0Asks: What\u2019s your favorite Victorian invention?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[82],"tags":[487,486],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4905"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4932,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4905\/revisions\/4932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}