Power outages can cause damage to electrical equipment, but there is another factor that causes more serious damage and is hardly mentioned: the voltage variations. In cities such as Guayaquil, voltage variations occur and the energy supply is even interrupted.

According to electrician Luis Solis, all equipment with an electronic board, such as speakers, computers, laptops, televisions, need a regulator in case of voltage drop or if the current increases, as this will eventually damage that part.

a voltage regulator It is an electrical device designed to provide a stable voltage and protect equipment connected to a high-voltage line against phenomena such as overvoltage, voltage drops and voltage variations.

“What the protector does is not to give in to too high a voltage, but to switch off the current. The same if there is low voltage,” Solis explains.

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The most common causes for the occurrence of a voltage variation are:

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On the other hand, a reinforcement of the equipment is the ground connection. However, this doesn’t just focus on protecting the devices.

The earth connection It is an installation of protection cables what are they going from every socket in the installation, Where Electrical appliances with metal parts are connected, such as the washing machine, until the earth (the country).Its mission is to if there is a leakage current, Instead of staying in the metal part of the device that is connected to the plug, this current is emitted is led to the ground by these cables.

When electrical equipment is connected to this system, any current flowing through the metal parts of that equipment is dissipated to the ground, preventing dangerous electric shocks to people around them, as well as to electronic equipment. (JO)