Subject: Inside a surge protector
From: HFguy
Date: 11/30/2003 4:39 PM Central Standard Time
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w_tom wrote:

Only the naive would believe one needs $thousands to install
an earthing system. And yet that is what Clifton would have
us believe.

If a surge protector fails, then it was clearly undersized
for the task. Surge protectors should be so effective that
one never knows it did its job - in direct contradiction to
what Clifton posts. The most critical component in surge
protection is earthing. Direct lightning strike without
damage is routine. Clifton would even deny this. A surge
protector is only as effective as its earth ground. No earth
ground means no effective surge protection. Clifton has some
wild idea that sacrificial MOVs will provide the protection -
which is why he insults rather than post a single technical
number. Instead Clifton would have us believe that lightning
would vaporize a 10 inch diameter steel rod - without even a
single numerical fact.

Hey w-tom,

Why are you obsessed with posting countless diatribes on the subject of
surge protectors on dozens of newsgroups? Are you a shill for the whole
house surge protector industry?


That, or he has a whole lot of time on his hands.


Les Locklear
Gulfport, Ms.