Looking for Surge Protection to cover the Home?
Looking for a viable solution to provide spike and surge protection for my home. Something centrally located with the main Circuit breaker then having individual units/items for each component be it computer equipment, hifi electronics, etc in various rooms. Can anyone shed some light on the following:
Circuit Breaker and Secondary Surge Arrester
Circuit Breaker and TVSS
Transient Voltage Surge Suppressor
Secondary Surge Arresters?
Have been pretty hard pressed to find much info regarding these on the internet surprisingly. Except for the actual manufacturer briefs from Siemens. Thanks..
A surge arrester works by sacrificing itself in an over-voltage condition. Most electronic devices are designed to work correctly with constant voltages anywhere from 105 volts to maybe 130 volts, before they start to malfunction.
A surge arrester ties into the panel as a normal "load".
It monitors the voltage to it. In an over-voltage condition it will "short circuit" to take the hit, so your electronic gear won’t. If the over-voltage lasted for a duration of time beyond
the trip interval of the surge arrester, you still stand the chance of having damage done to your equipment.