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by: trader_4 - Sun, 12 Mar 2023 16:04 UTC

On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 11:55:06 AM UTC-4, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 12/03/2023 15:21, Paul wrote:
> > So it is possible to make a surge arrestor with some useful properties.
> > Not all of these things need to be a joke.
> In general if you have SMPS on the rings, you have what amounts to an 8
> amp + capacitor surge limiter right there and short transients wont get
> through the mains filters anyway.
>
> In short if you get a surge big enough to be a problem it will take out
> the surge arrestors only anyway.
>
> My time in S Africa taught me that nothing is proof against near wire
> strikes except physical isolation - transformer or opto coupler.
>
> And if you get a full wire strike, all bets are off. You will be jumping
> across any short gap anywhere nearby.
>
> Full carnage.
>
>
> --
> "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign,
> that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
>
> Jonathan Swift.

Funny then that telecom companies and similar around the world have deployed a tiered
surge protection strategy that has effectively protected their equipment, eg central office
switches, cell phone sites, etc. Whole house surge protectors that can handle a 50K amp
surge are readily available.

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