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westom
Jul 16, 2018Explorer
Optimistic Paranoid wrote:If it does, then all electronics have that best protection. Because galvanic isolation is also inside electronics. The theory is that millimeter gaps between wires with 'block' what three miles of sky cannot. The myth lives on because so many advertising lies promote 'blocking' as effective protection.
Can anyone here comment on whether the Hughes Autoformer protects against surges and spikes?
Protection starts by first defining the anomaly. Nothing inside will 'block' or 'absorb' this anomaly. This anomaly is a current source. That means voltage will increase as necessary to blow through anything that foolishly tries to 'block' it.
Best protection for each electronics is already inside electronics. Concern is for the anomaly that can overwhelm that protection. Nothing adjacent will 'block' it. Other solutions, well proven by over 100 years of science and experience, can provide that protection. And not all devices, called surge protectors, even claim to do that.
Many other completely different and unrelated anomalies are also called surges. The term is subjective. So even lying can be promoted as truth. Even anomaly, sometimes called surges, must be discussed separately.
This one anomaly took how many paragraphs to only introduce the effective solution? Honesty literally takes that much. And includes numbers.
That galvanic isolation rated for how many volts? A valid recommendation will discuss that and other numbers. Or should be ignored. Galvanic isolation routinely inside electronic appliances can be 1000 and maybe less than 2000 volts.
What protection does a plug-in protector provide? Ignore any recommendation that does not always say so with numbers. It is often inferior to what already exists inside appliances.
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