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PRAK Series Data Line Surge Protection

Ideal for 19" Relay Racks Supporting
LAN Hubs, Concentrators, and Multiport Interfaces

The PRAK Series of Rack-Mount and Wall-Mount Standoff protectors will ensure the reliable operation of networked equipment connected to 10Base-T and 100Base-T Ethernet, Power over Ethernet (PoE), Cable, CCTV, RS-422, RS-232, ISDN, T1, DDS, dial-up, and most other communication interfaces.

PRAKs Offer:

• State-of-the-art, avalanche diode and thyristor technology.
• Compact, in-line installation.
• High-speed, high-energy handling capability.
• Low shunt capacitance to reduce signal loss.

You Receive:

• Affordable, superior, equipment protection.
• Improved reliability and maximized system up-time.
• Protection at the interface card.
• Adaptability to most industry applications.

Transient surges can enter electronic equipment through any pathway provided. Facilities with reliable ac power protectors can still experience surge-related, system downtime. Transient surge energies from sources such as inductive load switching, ground loop currents and electrostatic discharge are clamped by AC protectors into the shared communication ground, resulting in damage to expensive communication hardware.

Eaton’s PRAK Series includes 16 port, 19-inch relay rack protectors, as well as 16 and 32 port, 5-inch standoff units for wall-mount protection or environments where 19-inch relay rack space is limited. A wide variety of communication interfaces are supported that include 10Base-T and 100Base-T Ethernet, ATM155, CDDI, 100VG-AnyLan, RS-232, RS-422 and high-speed LAN/WAN applications. For telco requirements, we offer protection for dial-up, T1, DDS, ISDN and other lease line environments. These devices exhibit an extremely fast response time of less than 5 nanoseconds.

All these features make PRAK protectors the most cost-effective and versatile devices of their kind available today. Whether you need to protect a single network concentrator, or an entire relay rack full of voltage sensitive equipment, Eaton ERAK Series protectors are an easy, cost-effective solution to overvoltage problems.

Installation

To install, insert the protector in series between the incoming communication line and the I/O port of the equipment to be protected. The protector ground wire must be connected to the metal chassis of the equipment being protected. Units should be installed at both ends of the data cable for the most effective protection.

Electrical Specifications

System Applications and Catalog Numbers

¹⁾ UL listed.

Connector Type Configurations