Re: Surge Protection?

["mikey" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I lost you with the knot thing. Are you just plucking this from your cranium
or a particular book, article or what have you? I've always found thus a
fascinating subject if there's more to read.

I'm planning on whole house protection here and wasn't happy with the water
inlet 30 ft away so I dug down outside the panel and dropped a ground plate,
drilled thru foundation and ran 6ft bare 00 (whatever, thick) back to ground
at the panel. Should I leave the original connection to the water main???

"w_tom" <w_tom1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:430DD92A.8055BF72@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Idea that power turns on like water flowing down a channel
> is nothing more than speculation.  When power comes on, with
> so many appliances and light bulbs to start, then power comes
> back very slowly.  When does power get restored fastest (and
> therefore might deliver too much power)?  When that one
> appliance is the only one turned on.   Just one example of why
> power up is not destructive.
>
>   Meanwhile, appliance that lasts longer when power is applied
> slower also contain a device that was even found in 1950s
> televisions.  The technology is that old and that standard.
> It is called an inrush current limiter.  Just a second reason
> why no destructive inrush of power exists when power is
> restored.
>
>   An appliance that fails after a blackout was more likely
> damaged by the same transient that caused the blackout.  The
> appliance was damaged when power was lost; not when power was
> restored.  Power restoration is cited as a reason for damage
> when speculation replaces scientific reasoning.
>
>   Meanwhile, this well proven fact was demonstrated in 1930s
> GE and Westinghouse science papers.  Earth ground is necessary
> for the AVR to provide effective lightning protection.
> However I too can put a knot in a wire and accurately claim
> that is lightning protection.  A wire knot is more than zero
> protection.  Therefore it is protection.  But the knot is so
> close to zero protection as to be all but nonexistent
> protection.
>
>   You want more than near zero lightning protection.  You want
> effective protection.  No earth ground means no effective
> protection from lightning.  An AVR without a dedicated and
> short connection to the building's earth ground cannot provide
> effective protection.  At best, it would only provide
> lightning protection that already exists inside electronic
> appliances.
>
>   If the manufacturer claims protection, then he has provided
> numbers for that protection.  What are those numbers?  No
> numbers would suggest that protection is equivalent to a wire
> knot?
>
> cctvbahamas@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Voltage Regulation keeps it at a safe level when the voltage comes back
> > on after a blackout, or if too much power tries to come through, and
> > doesnt give it power if it is too low like in a brownout. We have them
> > several times a day here. I experience everything you can dream of
> > related to power problems, every single day. Remember in the US you
> > guys have great electrical while we are working on outdated second hand
> > crap that was basically given away to our gov for free, which they cant
> > keep working properly as they dont have the cash to buy new products.
> > Without these simple $30 Voltage Regulators you can basically kiss your
> > electronic & PC equipment goodbye down here.
> >
> > APC Voltage Regulators Include:
> >
> > Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) - Automatically steps up low voltage
> > and steps down high voltage to levels that are suitable for your
> > equipment.
> >
> > Lightning and Surge Protection - To prevent damage to your equipment
> > from power surges and spikes.
> >
> > Resettable circuit breaker -  Easy recovery from overloads; no need to
> > replace a fuse.