On May 22, 1:33 pm, Bud-- wrote:
The IEEE guide explains that plug-in surge suppressors work primarily by
clamping the voltage on all wires (signal and power) to the common
ground at the suppressor, not earthing. The guide explains that earthing
occurs elsewhere.

Despite his myths and spin, The IEEE is quite blunt about what
provides protection. Clamping - also called bonding, connecting,
diverting, shunting - an earth ground. Bud's own citation page 6
(Adobe page 8) even says that:
You cannot really suppress a surge altogether, nor
"arrest" it. What these protective devices do is
neither suppress nor arrest a surge, but simply
divert it to ground, where it can do no harm. So
a name that makes sense would be "surge diverter"
but it was not picked. So, for the rest of this
booklet, we will stick to the most popular "surge
protector".

In previous posts, Bud repeatedly claimed grounding was not
necessary. Now he is trying to change the defintion of ground. Bud
knows if he lies enough, you will believe him just like the many
believed Saddam was complicit on 11 September.

IEEE is quite blunt about what is necessary for protection. IEEE
makes recommendation in standards - not in Bud's myths. One standard
is the IEEE Red Book (Standard 141):
In actual practice, lightning protection is achieve by the
process of interception of lightning produced surges,
diverting them to ground, and by altering their
associated wave shapes.

Bud misrepresents what honest people have been saying since the
beginning of the 20th Century. Ben Franklin even demonstrated it in
1752. Protection from lightning - be it a human, building, or
electronics - means earthing a surge long before it gets near.
Earthing. Not some magic box that will somehow stop or absorb what
three miles of sky could not.

Then we review Bud's own citations. Remember, Bud will not admit
that he promotes for plug-in protectors manufacturers. He assumes you
will not read or understand Page 42 Figure 8. A TV is damaged by 8000
volts because the protector was too close to appliances, too far from
TV, and the earthing system was not sufficient (ie single point earth
ground). Protectors placed too close to an appliance contributed to
damage of a powered off appliance; as demonstrated by a 'TV
destructive' 8000 volts on Page 42 Figure 8.

A protector is not protection. Building earthing is the
protection. So that every wire in every cable gets connected to
protection, a 'whole house' protector is installed. That protection
is enhanced by expanding or improving an earthing system.

What does the Air Force instruction dated 1 Oct 1998 demand for
surge protection?
15. Surge Protection.
15.1. Entering or exiting metallic power, intrusion detection,
communication antenna, and instrumentation lines must have
surge protection sized for lightning surges to reduce transient
voltages to a harmless level. Install the surge protection as
soon as practical where the conductor enters the interior of
the facility. Devices commonly used for this include metal
oxide varistors, gas tube arresters, and transzorbs.

"As soon as practical where the conductor enter" means a 'whole
house' protector located at building earthing; not plug-in
protectors. Where real world protection is installed, the protector
makes a short ('less than 10 foot') connection to a building's best
single point earth ground. Earth ground is protection. Those
promoting for plug-in protector manufacturers will say anything so
that you will ignore *THE* most critical component in any protection
'system': earth ground. They will even ignore a glaring fact. Plug-
in protector numerical specs do not even claim protection from the
type of surge that typically causes electronics damage. Of course.
No earthing.

That is what Ben Franklin demonstrated even in 1752. It's not the
lightning rod that is protection. It is what that lightning rod
connects to: earth ground. Bud hopes you forget that primary school
science.