Power-related problems cost U.S. companies more than $80 billion a year and affect just about every aspect of business. As a global leader in the field of electrical protection, Ferraz Shawmut challenges customers to test their knowledge of overvoltage protection with its newest online P.IQ Quiz.
Participants may access the newest quiz online at http://us.ferrazshawmut.com/PIQPR. Each month through the end of the year, three winners receive a $100 gas card. No purchase is necessary to enter.
With the educational Protection Intelligence Quotient (P.IQ) program, design engineers, specifiers, electrical professionals and equipment manufacturers discover how much they know about the hazards that can hurt people, equipment and investments.
"We test everything we make before it gets to customers," said Stephen Colvin, vice president of marketing at Ferraz Shawmut. "Our innovative P.IQ Quiz gives customers a fun way to test themselves, and it can only make them wiser."
Ferraz Shawmut prides itself on delivering problem-solving solutions including the UL 3rd edition approved Surge-Trap Surge Protective Device, the Thermally Protected Metal Oxide Varistor (TPMOV), and Amp-Trap 2000 fuses.
"Based on all the positive feedback we received from last year's P.IQ test, we have made a commitment to feature at least three new tests on a variety of electrical protection topics this year," said Colvin.
The first P.IQ test in 2009 was on Solar Power circuit protection. An archived version of the test is available at http://us.ferrazshawmut.com/PIQarchive. The new P.IQ quiz on overvoltage protection is currently running at http://us.ferrazshawmut.com/PIQPR and will end July 31. Additional tests on selective coordination and arc flash are planned for later in the year.
About Ferraz Shawmut
Ferraz Shawmut has been a leader in circuit protection for industry and the electrical market for more than 100 years. With a complete line of current-limiting fuses and accessories, Ferraz Shawmut prides itself on delivering innovative, problem-solving products like the Surge-Trap SPD, Thermally Protected Metal Oxide Varistor (TPMOV), the SmartSpot open-fuse indicator, Amp-Trap 2000 fuses, UltraSafe fuse holders, and Select-A-Fuse software. Two of the company's latest innovations are its new line of Amp-Trap High-Speed Class J (HSJ) fuses, engineered specifically for the protection of today's sensitive electronic motor controllers, and the industry's first line of Finger-Safe Power Distribution Blocks (FSPDBs), delivering the ultimate in safety and ease-of-use when making power connections in electrical panels. Ferraz Shawmut LLC is a subsidiary of the Carbone Lorraine Groupe.