Protecting your assets

I use one of these.

upload_2017-6-28_0-27-13.jpeg

It has this inside it.

th
 
DonP said:
Yes. That does a lot of other things too - like really cleaning up the mains. I've never found that necessary for amplifiers.
Click to expand...
Don, are the 250VAC specs on the gas discharge tubes OK for the USA folk on a 120V A/C system?
 
Yes. The tubes actually flash over at about 2500 volts. As soon as they flash, the voltage drops to about 150V until the surge has gone. The Bournes tube you found is fine.
 
DonP said:
Yes. The tubes actually flash over at about 2500 volts. As soon as they flash, the voltage drops to about 150V until the surge has gone. The Bournes tube you found is fine.
Click to expand...
Thanks!

Yet anotheer question. Does the tube survive the flash?
 
RVA said:
Thanks!

Yet anotheer question. Does the tube survive the flash?
Click to expand...

Yes it does. Nothing breaks here. Power supplies I have designed have been required to survive 500 18-Megawatt flashes and still meet specification.
 
  • Like
Reactions: RVA
DonP said:
Yes it does. Nothing breaks here. Power supplies I have designed have been required to survive 500 18-Megawatt flashes and still meet specification.
Click to expand...
Nice!! Since I have purchased enough components to make 25 of these, it looks like I am set for a while! Thanks again!
 
RVA said:
Nice!! Since I have purchased enough components to make 25 of these, it looks like I am set for a while! Thanks again!
Click to expand...

I would be willing to purchase a set from you to help you offset your cost. I need another project.
 
ChasFred said:
I would be willing to purchase a set from you to help you offset your cost. I need another project.
Click to expand...
I actually bought more parts. I will be installing them at home and at work. I purchased enough components for 50 for a total cost of about $ 75. well worth it IMHO.
 
RVA said:
I actually bought more parts. I will be installing them at home and at work. I purchased enough components for 50 for a total cost of about $ 75. well worth it IMHO.
Click to expand...
Have you set one up yet?
Another detailed build thread?
How would one test the circuit to make sure it does what it's suppose to?
 
  • Like
Reactions: RVA
syscokid said:
Have you set one up yet?
Another detailed build thread?
How would one test the circuit to make sure it does what it's suppose to?
Click to expand...
No build thread for this one. Don has covered it all. As for knowing it works, I trust in Don. He is like the priest in my religion of science (Don will like this analogy, right?). In any event, I have been trusting those low tech surge protectors, and this will be a ssupplement to those.

I would test it if I could. I am on a phone right now, but guessing that the devices Don posted are not cheap!!
 
RVA said:
No build thread for this one. Don has covered it all. As for knowing it works, I trust in Don. He is like the priest in my religion of science (Don will like this analogy, right?). In any event, I have been trusting those low tech surge protectors, and this will be a ssupplement to those.

I would test it if I could. I am on a phone right now, but guessing that the devices Don posted are not cheap!!
Click to expand...

Don't worry, I've tested these to death (literally), and they can stand anything one of those machines can conjure up.

Priest of the religion of science. You'll have to excuse me while I go and put my head in a bucket of cold water. :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: RVA
My friend Claire runs the Benjamin Franklin museum here in London. She knows all about kites and keys.
 
So I have been told to go fly a kite...in bad weather...and then report back...if possible. It appears that I am not as indispensable as I may have hoped.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top