Please don’t comment on something you know nothing about.
@vinylshadow Given your series of posts I find your choice of words really funny.
Why whole house surge protectors are not enough
TL;DR:
One measure of a surge protector is the clamping voltage. That is, at what voltage does the surge protector actually start to work. Whole house surge protectors are limited to no less than ~ 600 Volts (instantaneous) between a leg and neutral or ground. That’s up to 1,200V if symmetrical.
The best surge protecting strips and conditioners clamp below 200 Volts.
Please keep this in mind when deciding whether or not to use surge protectors at your PC, stereo, TV, etc. in addition to a whole house unit.
I wrote more about this here:
https://inatinear.blogspot.com/2021/09/time-for-new-surge-suppression.html
No manufacturer of whole house surge protection claims that their devices alone are enough for sensitive electronics when you check the fine print.
@vinylshadow Given your series of posts I find your choice of words really funny. |
I was only half joking when I wrote "safety be damned".
Then I came across this for a different product that has their PFC function on whatsbestforum.
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@britamerican Isn’t there an NEC or UL limit to the amount of capacitance you can put on the AC line, before any primary windings?? |
@erik_squires Why thank you. Thank you very much. |
If you asked me that 15-20 years ago maybe I would have known the answer. I doubt UL or NEC would ever say the capacitor can only be this big. They will write a bunch of paragraphs that will have the same effect. 5 minutes on Google and I found maximum of 34V after 1 second. |