New haunted houses infographic shows how monsters rely on electricity to keep the scares alive
This Halloween, power quality specialist CP Automation has released a new infographic – Keeping haunted houses open – which reveals how many classic monsters rely on electricity to make them scary.
From creaking animatronics to eerie lighting and bone-chilling sound effects, every scare relies on a steady power supply. The new infographic takes a light-hearted look at what happens when power quality goes wrong and shows how the right technology can keep any facility — spooky or otherwise — running.
The infographic can be downloaded for free here.
From animatronic skeletons and fog machines to lighting rigs and sound effects, haunted houses are packed with electrical equipment. However, just like factories and industrial facilities, they are vulnerable to electrical disturbances such as harmonics, brownouts and surges. Without the right protection, a house of horrors could be scary but for all the wrong reasons – with dead props, silent corridors and monsters that just won’t move.
“Even vampires, werewolves and witches need reliable power,” explained John Mitchell, global sales & marketing director at CP Automation. “A sudden power dip could stop a vampire feeding frenzy or cause a werewolf’s transformation to fail halfway through. Our new infographic highlights these spooky scenarios in a fun way, but the underlying message is serious — poor power quality can shut down any facility, haunted or otherwise.”
The infographic shows how vampires are disrupted when harmonics disturb their energy flow, how werewolves are stopped mid-transformation by brownouts and how ghosts fade away during outages. It also depicts how zombies collapse when circuits overload and how witches fall from their broomsticks when struck by sudden surges.
Each of these spooky situations illustrates a real-world power quality challenge that can be avoided with the right solutions, including active harmonic filters, SineTamer surge protection devices and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, load management and continuous power monitoring.
“No facility is immune from power quality issues — not even a haunted one,” added Mitchell. “Businesses everywhere are protecting their equipment by tackling the same problems monsters face in haunted houses.”
To download the Keeping haunted houses open infographic, click here. You can also find out more about CP Automation’s power quality solutions by visiting its website and viewing its extensive range of solutions.
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