Ryan Labs Announced

Post Falls, ID, USA - January 25, 2006
Brad E. Herr, President of ACData Inc. today announced the establishment of the Barry Ryan Center for the Advancement of Surge Protection Technologies (AKA Ryan Labs ). President Herr has chartered Ryan Labs with the task of advancing the state of the art in protection technologies for the benefit of current and future customers of ACData Inc.

Initial capabilities of Ryan Labs include a system of surge capacitors with an energy storage capability of 3.3 million Joules, and a total charge delivery capability of 300 Coulombs. “Based on worldwide collection of lightning data, only one out of a hundred lightning flashes reaches 100 Coulombs of charge”, said Dan Sullivan, Vice President of Engineering. Mr. Sullivan further stated that engineers at Ryan Labs have already constructed and are routinely using surge generators delivering the largest direct and induced lightning surges defined by both the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

Initial studies conducted at Ryan Labs, to be presented next month at the annual technical conference of the Protection Engineers Group (PEG), include cross comparisons of MOVs, fuse wires, and circuit breakers to different lightning threats defined by IEEE and IEC specifications. “Preliminary conclusions drawn from this initial research provides a fundamentally new understanding of the coordination of fuses and circuit breakers with MOV based surge protectors”, stated Richard Chadwick, Vice-Chair of PEG. “The capabilities of Ryan Labs will allow ACData Inc. to simulate the lightning and surge environment for any industry in any part of the world, resulting in enormous future benefit for all our customers”, stated Dave Underwood, Vice President of Business Development.

For more information contact Stacy Perry, Marketing Coordinator at ACData Solutions
208-777-1166, stacy.perry@acdata.com