We had suffered some power issues in Lander which blew up a transformer at the site.  While our equipment is protected inside the building with an additional transformer, the stepdown transformer on the power pole had failed multiple times.  Our electrician suggested installing a surge protector on the incoming line to prevent it from happening again in the future.  Since this is oilfield power (i.e. very unpredictable in terms of quality) it seemed like a good idea.

As I mentioned, this site is in the middle of an oilfield.  It doesn’t seem like it but it’s actually pretty high above surrounding terrain…

The electrician installs a surge protector…Note the silver can on the right hand side of the electrical box.

Done!  (Yes, I know the picture is crooked…)