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From: miller@dg-rtp.dg.com (Mark Miller)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Whole house surge suppresser ?
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Date: 3 Mar 91 13:24:31 GMT
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	My house is starting to become littered with varistor equipped
	power-strips, and now little individual outlet jobbie$, in an
	attempt to keep some of my equipment from getting fried from
	AC line spikes.

	So I just had a thought: could you do something in the "fuse-box"
	and take care of the whole house in one fell swoop?  Would it
	just be some heavy-duty varistors?  How would you configure them,
	eg, one between the 220 volt line, and then 1 from each side of the 220
	to ground?  How much would this stuff cost?

	Thanks for any insight or speculation.

	Mark M.

	Mark T. Miller					miller@dg-rtp.dg.com
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