The typical home sees a 100V surge hourly and a 1000V surge monthly. However, most residential customers don't know how to protect their expensive entertainment centers, home networks, computers, and ...

Knowing industry guidelines can save you money and enhance performance. The vast array of surge protection devices, and the ratings that characterize them, can be confusing. How do you sort through ...

To see this article in PDF format, please click here. New regulations concerning surge protection are forcing engineers to look for solutions that allow such protection to be incorporated at minimal ...

Without question, the feat of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth, has been one the greatest engineering accomplishments in history. The complexities of escaping gravity, ...

TDK has introduced a new series of EPCOS ThermoFuse varistors for intrinsically safe overvoltage protection. These components are based on disk varistors with diameters of 14 mm and 20 mm that are ...

The increasing use of integrated circuits in modern electronic systems has resulted in a growing awareness about lightning overvoltage hazard. The integrated circuits, especially large-scale ...

The primary defense to protect electrical equipment from over-voltages is surge arresters. These necessary devices hold metal oxide varistors (MOVs) and are rapid response protectors against voltage ...