Re: Surge / Ground / Lightning

In article <2seu14tkjc068ph626ahu4akieb1pqa38f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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spamfree@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 writes

>I'm curous to know how surge suppression can work without a ground
>(earth) of any sort.

Surge suppressors usually have three MOVs: one between phase and
neutral, and one each from phase and neutral to earth.  

On properly grounded outlets, such a suppressor can deal with an
incoming surge on phase or neutral in an effective manner by conducting
and diverting current to the other leg AND to ground, but their
effectiveness when used on ungrounded outlets is reduced, since the path
to ground doesn't exist. 

w_twat chooses to conveniently ignore this fact and continues to peddle
his unique brand of lies, misrepresentation and FUD in his own
inimitable style, which another poster has described as "hostile".  

It's telling that w_ was unable to understand that people perceive his
posting style as hectoring or hostile, which should give you some idea
of his mental state :)

Best place for w_'s posts is in the killfile.

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