SURGE PROTECTOR 20KV 20KA PARALLEL CONNECTION 120-347V WITH QUICK CONNECTOR CUL

Name: SURGE PROTECTOR 20KV 20KA PARALLEL CONNECTION 120-347V WITH QUICK CONNECTOR CUL
Brand: SPECLITE
SKU: ZZSP20LHVPCZP
Price: 29.97 CAD
Availability: InStock

SKU: ZZSP20LHVPCZP

Brand: SPECLITE

Power surges don't announce themselves — they arrive with a summer thunderstorm, a utility switching event or a big motor kicking on down the line, and they take your LED fixtures with them. The SPECLITE surge protector (SKU ZZSP20LHVPCZP) is the small, inexpensive-to-install insurance policy that stands between your lighting investment and that spike. Also searched as a surge suppressor, SPD, lightning arrester or surge protection device for LED lighting, this is a 20KV / 20KA parallel connection module rated for 120-347V systems, supplied with a quick connector so you can tie it in without cutting and re-splicing an entire harness. It's the accessory that belongs in every high bay, wall pack, area light, flood or shoebox install where replacing a driver later means a lift, a ladder and a service call.

The specs are refreshingly simple. Because it is a parallel connection device, it installs alongside the fixture's supply conductors rather than in series, so it sits quietly out of the way until a transient hits and then diverts that energy away from the LED driver. The 20KV voltage rating and 20KA surge current rating give you real headroom against the kind of transients that ride in on the line during storms and grid switching, and the wide 120-347V range means one part number covers a lot of very different jobs. The included quick connector is the detail installers appreciate most: fast, tool-light connection in a tight junction box or driver compartment. This device carries cUL certification, so it's ready for inspection on Canadian projects.

This surge protector for LED fixtures earns its keep in warehouses, arenas, garages and repair shops, parking lots and parking garages, farm and agricultural buildings, municipal yards, retail plazas and commercial building exteriors — anywhere a lightning strike or a dirty utility feed can wipe out a row of drivers in one shot. It's equally at home on a residential renovation: a detached garage, a barn, a cottage or a rural service where 347V lighting isn't in play but storm activity certainly is. For residential and commercial projects alike, spec it with every new LED fixture you install and with every driver you replace — protecting a fixture costs a fraction of returning to site. Add the ZZSP20LHVPCZP to your next lighting order and stop replacing the same fixture twice.

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Description and specifications – ZZSP20LHVPCZP

What it is and why it matters
An LED fixture is really an electronic device hanging off a power line, and electronics hate transients. Utility switching, capacitor bank operations, large inductive loads cycling on and off, and of course lightning all push short, violent voltage spikes onto branch circuits. Those spikes rarely trip a breaker — they just quietly punch holes in LED drivers, which is why a building can lose several fixtures the morning after a storm. The SPECLITE ZZSP20LHVPCZP is a dedicated surge protection device (SPD) for lighting: a 20KV / 20KA module wired in parallel with the fixture supply, designed to clamp and divert that transient energy before it reaches the driver.

Parallel connection and the quick connector
Parallel connection is what makes this protector easy to live with. It is not inserted in series with the load, so it doesn't sit in the current path during normal operation — it simply monitors the line and acts when a surge appears. Practically, that means you can retrofit it to fixtures already installed, and if you ever need to service it, the fixture circuit itself stays intact. The supplied quick connector speeds that work up considerably: no stripping and re-splicing a full harness inside a cramped driver tray, which matters when you're on a scissor lift with a hundred fixtures to get through. Mount it in the junction box, driver compartment or wiring gutter feeding the fixture, keeping leads as short and straight as practical — long, looping leads add inductance and reduce how effectively any surge suppressor protects downstream electronics.

Voltage range and Canadian code context
The 120-347V rating is the reason contractors keep this part number on the truck. Canadian commercial and industrial buildings run distribution voltages that residential electricians rarely see, and 347V lighting is common in retail, warehouse and institutional work across the country. One protector that covers the low end and the high end of that spread means fewer SKUs in inventory and fewer wrong parts at the top of a ladder. With cUL certification, it's a component your electrical inspector recognizes, and it pairs naturally with quality-driver fixtures where the manufacturer's warranty assumes clean power — surge protection is one of the simplest ways to keep that warranty meaningful.

Technical specifications
SKU: ZZSP20LHVPCZP
Brand: SPECLITE
Type: Surge protector (surge protection device)
Voltage rating: 20KV
Surge current rating: 20KA
Connection: Parallel
Voltage range: 120-347V
Included: Quick connector
Certification: cUL
UPC: 882110008769
Category: Accessories
Application: Residential and commercial projects

Applications and documentation
Concrete examples: a distribution warehouse with rows of LED high bay fixtures on a long feeder; a municipal salt shed or works yard where area lights sit on exposed overhead runs; a car dealership lot where LED flood lights and pole-mounted shoeboxes take the full brunt of a summer storm; an arena or curling club where a single lightning event could darken the ice; a farm shop or barn on a rural service with frequent brownouts and switching transients; a strip mall where each tenant's wall packs sit on shared service circuits. In all of these, the cost of protection is trivial next to the labour of getting equipment back up in the air. On the residential side, think detached garages, workshops, cottages and outdoor flood or wall-pack installations. The technical PDF spec sheet for the ZZSP20LHVPCZP is available in the Documentation tab of this page — download it for your submittal package, project file or tender documents. If you're specifying a large lighting package, plan one protector per fixture or per circuit as your electrical designer directs, and order them with the fixtures so nothing gets installed unprotected.