Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Lightning Strike and Telco's Response Message-ID: Date: 12 Jul 89 15:13:46 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 10 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 233, message 8 of 9 Anything billed as a "lightening arrestor" as are the things at the entrance to your house for the phone lines, are there to avoid fires from lighting strikes. They don't operate anywhere near quickly enough to stop electronic equipment from being damaged. Likewise most of the "surge suppressors" on the market are just MOV's, and while these have use on AC power lines, if that's all they used in your telephone surge supressors (likely) it's not adequate either. -Ron