Problem: Wendy’s could not shake serious downtime issues at scores of locations. Critical POS equipment – including cash registers and other sensitive electronics – was being damaged by powerline surges. In this environment (and in addition to lightning-induced surges), heavy-duty kitchen equipment cycling on and off was regularly degrading the equipment. All too frequently, the resulting interruptions brought business to an unexpectedly sudden standstill. Conventional surge protectors were not doing the job over time.

Solution: An in-depth engineering evaluation of Zero Surge’s plug-in and panel mount products was conducted. Then, restaurants having high POS register downtime were retrofitted with these advanced power quality filters. Subsequently, the results were so successful that more than 1,000+ company-owned locations in the United States and Canada were equipped with Zero Surge products to protect the POS systems, office computers, and digital menu boards. Today, after more than a decade of this protection, the chain reports a healthy “surge” in documented uptime and productivity with no protection technology failures. Zero Surge technology is specified into new builds and remodeled locations.