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Re: Variac arcing = kickback? (fwd)
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To: tesla@pupman.com
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Subject: Re: Variac arcing = kickback? (fwd)
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From: Tesla List <mod1@pupman.com>
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 22:37:38 -0700 (MST)
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Approved: mod1@pupman.com
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 21:34:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Baumann <baumann@proton.llumc.edu>
To: Tesla List <tesla@pupman.com>
Subject: Re: Variac arcing = kickback? (fwd)
On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Tesla List wrote:
> 2. When MOV's finally fail, they _never_ do it politely. In the case of
> so -called "surge arrestors" (more are actually shunt-mode surge
> divertors), this almost always results in the unit catching fire. More
> than few houses have been burned to the ground as a result of surge
> arrestors catching fire, and as a direct result, federal regulations and
> more stringent UL testing requirements are being developed.
MOV = Melt, Often Violently
[sorry, could not pass up the opportunity]
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