Re: How fast is an MOV? Really?

westom wrote:

Impedance is also why
effective protection is about connecting the MOVs as short as possible
to earth. If two inch leads affect the response of an MOV, then
better to keep any shunt mode protector connection to earth to less
than single digit feet.

It is w's religious belief (immune from challenge) that surge protection must directly use earthing. As probably everyone here knows, you can protect at a device with the protection clamping the voltage, limiting the voltage the device is exposed to.

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