Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: wa3wbu!john@uunet.uu.net (John Gayman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Phone line surge protection Message-ID: Date: 24 Jul 89 17:38:31 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: WA3WBU, Marysville,PA Lines: 27 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 254, message 5 of 6 In article , mit-amt!geek%mit-amt. media.mit.edu@eecs.nwu.edu (Chris Schmandt) writes: > Well, as long as we're on the topic of surge protection and lightening > arresters... Several postings have painted a pretty bleak picture > on the probability of my gear surviving a strike on the phone line, > which is claimed to be not that uncommon an event. So, can anyone > suggest a reasonable approach to protection (i.e., a product?) and > any evidence that it will work? Tripp-lite (sp) makes a very nice modular surge suppressor. It is a small box with a female RJ-11 recepticle and a male RJ-11 on a short pigtail. It also has a threaded post to which you hook earth ground. These do not appear to be the cheapy MOV-type of suppressors. They have avalanche diodes, gas dis-charge tubes and MOVs. I have them on both my lines and well.......for the past 3 years.......welll..... no problem yet. :-) It's like putting flat-proof in your tires, does it work ? One things for sure, they do *not* degradate the lines at all. I've found quite a spread price-wise. The same unit going from $69.00 locally to $27 mail-order. Hope this helps. John -- John Gayman, WA3WBU | UUCP: uunet!wa3wbu!john 1869 Valley Rd. | ARPA: john@wa3wbu.uu.net Marysville, PA 17053 | Packet: WA3WBU @ AK3P