Re: MOV failure

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Original poster: "Mike Harrison by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mike-at-whitewing.co.uk>

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 12:48:23 -0600, you wrote:

>Original poster: "Jason by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
>
>Hi all,
>
>Just finished my 'Terry Filter', and I was wondering what the failure state
>of a MOV is... I assume its failure state is low resistance, to makie it
>comply with ISO9901, but I could be wrong. When it fails, is the resistance
>high or low???
The answer is yes - it is high or low!
Depending on type and magnitude of overload.