About Zero Surge
History of Zero Surge

Zero Surge was incorporated in March 1989 by J. Rudy Harford, President and Chief  engineer.  An independent consultant who designed and manufactured computer networks, Mr. Harford was given the challenge of reinventing the surge suppressor when a customer with mission critical pharmaceutical data acquisition systems complained about failed surge protectors. When Mr. Harford examined the units he was stunned to find that they diverted surge current equally to the ground and neutral wires and were based on sacrificial components (MOV’s). He knew that surge protectors dumping current to the ground in these interconnected environments was going to place unwanted current on his data lines. This was an unacceptable form of surge protector. As for the use of sacrificial, limited life components that had unpredictable life and were virtually impossible to monitor...well, that didn’t seem to fit with a mission critical protocol either.

Since he couldn’t buy the surge protectors he was looking for he created them. Using computer-aided circuit design, Mr. Harford developed and patented a series-mode surge suppression circuit which protects against worst-case surges, unlike the suppressors on the market which often fail after minor surges. This technology does not divert surges to ground, has no sacrificial components (i.e. NO FAILURES) and provides exceptional powerline filtering. It also has the fastest surge protector response time, lowest clamping level and lowest let through voltage for good measure.

Mr. Harford currently holds 45 U.S. and over 300 worldwide patents, many of which were developed during his career as a senior electronics engineer at RCA for nearly 25 years.

A testimony to the superiority of Zero Surge products is the fact that they have been tested not only for safety by Underwriters Laboratories® but also for performance and endurance. Zero Surge products are certified to withstand at least 10 years of the worst case surges!

Today, customers like Merck and Co., Inc., Hess Corp., U.S. Marine Corps, IBM, NASA, the FBI, Princeton University, Pillsbury Co., and thousands more businesses and consumers are realizing the benefits and cost savings by using Zero Surge products.