On Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 5:03:02 AM UTC-5, philo wrote:
On 05/19/2016 03:24 AM, Roscoe wrote:
On 05/18/2016 08:56 PM, Steve Stone wrote:
A friend with a new state of the art super high tech electronic dash
computer controlled washer claims it is best to power the beast thru a
surge suppressor.

Was wondering if the learned members of this group thought this was a
good idea or a not so good idea.

Steve


Anything you do to minimize voltage spikes on your power line is a good
thing...just keep in mind that the typical surge suppression device
needs a good path to ground to function properly.

FWIW, most homes don't have a good ground system. You'll typically find
the outdoor connection from the #6 ground wire to the ground rod is
loose and/or corroded.

Not really. A surge suppressor is simply an MOV which will shunt voltage
spikes.

The better ones have LC networks in them in addition to the MOV's. I like to cascade protection especially on signal lines where the first line of defense would be gas tube arrestors. ^_^

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