[TowerTalk] Shack wiring

[Pete Smith]

I have to disagree, on two counts.

First, all the outlets in the house, as well as those in the string of 
surge protectors, are in parallel with one another, on one of the two 
legs of the 220 feed.

Our whole-house protector is very robust, but it is only rated to drop 
the surge voltage to a level that, while OK for non-electronic devices, 
could kill most solid state devices.  for that reason, the power 
company's warranty on their surge protector says that it is only valid 
for damage to electronics if they are on a properly rated line-end surge 
protector.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 3/15/2010 10:03 AM, n8de at thepoint.net wrote:
> If the full house protector doesn't work .. the others might .. as you
> have proposed, it must work or everything else is 'toast'.
> And .. it's a SERIES string you're talking about, not parallel.
> Don
> N8DE
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> Quoting Pete Smith <n4zr at contesting.com>:
>
>> Works for me, Don.  Do you mean, then, that if I have a full house surge
>> suppressor at the meter nothing later in the parallel string is doing
>> any good?
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
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>> On 3/15/2010 9:12 AM, n8de at thepoint.net wrote:
>>> Pete,
>>> In the configuration you present, only the surge suppresor in Strip A
>>> would be effectively 'doing its work' while the other strips would act
>>> simply as 'extension cords'.  Think about it.
>>> Don
>>> N8DE
>>>
>>> Quoting Pete Smith<n4zr at contesting.com>:
>>>
>>>
>>>> This may be stretching the topic limits a little, but since I've seen
>>>> lots about shack wiring here I hope it's acceptable:
>>>>
>>>> I have my shack wired through a series of plug strips, such that I can
>>>> switch off the whole radio side at once without affecting computers or
>>>> lighting.  In effect, all of the outlets are in parallel, but strip
>>>> A is
>>>> plugged into the wall, Strip B into Strip A, and Strip C into Strip B.
>>>> I recently bought another surge suppressor strip and was surprised to
>>>> see a safety warning about NOT connecting strips this way.  So long as
>>>> each of the strips has an identical current rating, or at least so
>>>> long
>>>> as those closer to the wall outlet are rated higher than those further
>>>> along, is there any real reason not to do what I have done?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>>>
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