
Why Do SPDs Need to Be Replaced? A Guide to Aging and End-of-Life Safety
Surge Protective Devices (SPD) is a critical safety component that protects valuable electronics from transient overvoltages by diverting damaging surge currents. SPDs sustain irreversible accumulated weariness under each surge event and has a finite operational lifespan. It is anticipated that all SPD devices will age as a result of their function (as shown in Figure 1). Consequently, it is normal for an SPD to reach the end-of-life and require module change. International standards such

