On May 8, 12:11 pm, bud-- wrote:
UL makes no effort to measure a protector's protective ability.
Cuttler Hammer says you are wrong.
http://tinyurl.com/63594d
Again Bud misrepresents what professional say. Cutler-Hammer says:
2. Surge Test. Let through voltage tested at lower current
than 1st edition. 10 kA (IEEE Cat C3) used for the first
time, however, it was used only to see if products fail
safely.
Only tests a product for a safe failure – does not threaten human
life. Does not measure the performance of protection. Same citation
further states:
2. UL does not verify that the TVSS device will achieve
the manufacturer's published surge current ratings.
Of course not. That would be measuring a protector's protection
abilities. UL does not measure protection - in direct contradiction
to what Bud posts. A protector can completely fail during UL1449
testing and still be approved. UL only cares that is completely fails
– provides no effective protection – without threatening human life.
UL does determine functionality. Otherwise an empty box would be
submitted by Bud’s peers as a surge protector and get UL1449
approval. A protector must demonstrate some protector function. But
UL makes no effort to measure abilities of that protector. UL only
tests that it functions like a protector and does not harm humans.
Bud must deny those which is why his post again lies about what Cutler-
Hammer, IEEE, NIST, and so many others say.
Meanwhile, Bud repeatedly claims that protectors create fires
because UL1449 was created in 1998. UL1449 was approved in 1987 as
Cutler-Hammer also says. Again, Cutler-Hammer disagrees with what
Bud posts. Numerous plug-in protectors after 1998 with UL approval
still create a fire risk – the scary pictures:
http://www.hanford.gov/rl/?page=556&parent=554
http://www.westwhitelandfire.com/Art...Protectors.pdf
http://www.ddxg.net/old/surge_protectors.htm
http://www.zerosurge.com/HTML/movs.html
http://tinyurl.com/3x73ol
http://www3.cw56.com/news/articles/local/BO63312/
Finally, Bud claims a plug-in protector protects from a surge
that typically destroy appliances. 400 times Bud has been asked to
provide those specs. He refuses because no plug-in manufacturer will
claims what Bud posts. Bud lies about his own IEEE, NIST and Cutler-
Hammer citations. Bud even claims that UL measures a protector's
protection abilities. UL does not. UL addresses threats to human
safety. Protector can completely fail during UL testing and still be
approved as long as the protector does not spit flame during that
failure.
Bud provides not one manufacture spec that claims protection. Bud
cannot provide what does not exist. No wonder Bud will also post
insults He cannot dispute facts even from his IEEE, NIST, and Cutler-
Hammer citations. A protector is only as effective as its earth
ground. UL makes no effort to rate protection for each protector.