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1. [TowerTalk] questions about lightning suppressors (score: 1): Author: "Dick Green WC1M" <wc1m@msn.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:26:19 -0400; I'm a little confused about lightning suppressor theory. Many of us have installed lightning suppressors from Polyphaser, ICE, K5FD, etc. to protect control lines running from towers to the shack. Th; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00608.html (8,142 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] questions about lightning suppressors (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:12:04 -0400; I don't have my GE manual at hand but IIRC: Something to remember about Metal Oxide Varistors. They are a whole conglomeration of diodes mechanically mixed and packed together. Unlike Zener diodes t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00611.html (11,436 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] questions about lightning suppressors (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:00:28 -0700; You and a lot of other people...<grin> It's called "overvoltage protection" in the literature. "lightning suppression" is the thing where the medicine show guy in the horse drawn wagon shoots magic d; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00612.html (11,229 bytes)
4. [TowerTalk] questions about lightning suppressors (score: 1): Author: <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:42:26 -0400; I too have suffered some equipment damage while using Polyphaser protectors after lightning strikes. Besides the equipment damage, I had to replace a number of Polyphaser rotator protectors because t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00641.html (8,685 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] questions about lightning suppressors (score: 1): Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:48:51 -0700; Of course. MOV's are sacrificial. They "protect" by attemping to short out the surge/strike, and in doing so, will eventually fail after they have absorbed enough joules. The failure may be after man; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00665.html (7,249 bytes)

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