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MEXICOWANDERER
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Sep 23, 2015

Transient Voltage Spike Protection Home Made Device

I'm stubborn. When I found out how stupidly expensive adequate "Surge Protectors" cost, I hit the roof. Screw that. I ordered the components. Designed for 180 volt peak-to-peak protection ((the sta...
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Peg_Leg
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Sep 24, 2015
I put MOV's in Mom & Dad's panel box over 30 yrs ago. They were always have internal fuse's popping in microwaves and TV's in the hills of KY. I just fastened them into the circuit breaker and ground. Every now and then one would pop and trip the circuit breaker and I would replace it on my next visit. It seemed to reduce the frequency of problems. Whole house protection with a handful of blister packs.

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