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Surge protector, roll your own
Been snooping around and notice that the cheap (office depot and etc)
plastic strip (5 recep) surge protectors have only one MOV but the more expensive ones have one MOV at each receptacle. Looks to me as if you could use metal recep boxes that would hold two or three receps and place a MOV across each recep, put a metal cover on it and a short 3 wire 12 gauge cord and have a much better surge protector to protect sensitive equipment for not much more than the computer/office stores want for the plastic cased ones. I have found MOV's rated at 150 volts and 80 Joules at this web site for $3.81 each, http://www.electronicplus.com/conten...=TR&subcat=TS1 Any Thoughts?? RM ~ PS, Think I would put a 15 amp push button circuit breaker on the box |
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