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From: binder@dosadi.DEC (Wherever you go, there you are.)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: MOV transient protectors
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Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 08:48:21 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 25 08:48:21 1985
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To use MOVs, you need three of them.  Inside your outlet box, connect one from
green to white, one from black to white, and one from black to green.  There
is good reason why a single set of MOVs won't protect a whole house - wires
don't have zero resistance to DC, and their impedance to AC is often rather
surprising.  Spikes at one point in the house may or may not exist elsewhere.

Cheers,
Dick Binder

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