Re: Surge / Ground / Lightning

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> In alt.tv.tech.hdtv Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>
> The MOVs will act like conductors when they are clamping.  The surge
will
> take both paths ... the path through the MOVs, and the path going past
the
> MOVs.  In general, about 50% will go each way.  That can vary at higher
> frequencies.

Why would you assume that 50% will go each way when you don't know the 
impedance of each direction?  When conducting, or at failure, the MOV has
a 
very low impedance.

Leonard