mov's get "used up" (not quite same thing as going bad, since this is inherent ) due to a number of small surges or one big one, leaving you with NO mov in effect. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 7:19 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Lightning proof? Sometimes a surge partially gets past the first MOV. Also sometimes MOV's go bad. Just extra insurance in other words. MOV is short for Metal Oxide Varistor and is is the semiconductor inside the unit that actually deals with the surge. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Feroze wrote: > > graywolf wrote: >> Plus Everything is behind two surge protectors in series, and the new >> laser printer is behind three. > > Not knowing much about electricity, why would this work better than > just > one surge protector.... > > Feroze > in Johannesburg, second only to mexico for thunderstorm frequency > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
