On 9/29/2013 9:14 AM, westom wrote:

The computer club guy was discussing protectors that do not claim to protect from destructive surges.

What a surprise. The village idiot is here with his misrepresentations,
and lies.

But no answers to simple questions - like:
- Why do the only 2 examples of protection in the IEEE guide use plug-in
protectors?
- Why does the NIST guide says plug-in protectors are "the easiest
solution"?
- Why does the NIST guide say "One effective solution is to have the
consumer install" a multiport plug-in protector?
- How would a service panel protector provide any protection in the IEEE
example, page 33?
- Why does the IEEE guide say for distant service points "the only
effective way of protecting the equipment is to use a multiport
[plug-in] protector"?
- Why did Martzloff say in his paper "One solution. illustrated in this
paper, is the insertion of a properly designed [multiport plug-in surge
protector]"?
- Why aren't airplanes crashing daily when they get hit by lightning (or
do they drag an earthing chain)?

Still missing - anyone who agrees with westom that plug-in protectors do
not work.

For real science read the IEEE surge guide (posted by trader) and the
NIST surge guide:
And also:
http://www.eeel.nist.gov/817/pubs/sp...%20happen!.pdf
Both surge guides say plug-in protectors are effective.