Labels:book | reckoner | sky OCR: your equipment (please ,uop :try to build one from this description!). Note that each time an MOV takes hit its ability to sink current is In other words, after time your surge supressor will no longer work. The rule of thumb i5 that after 2 years most MOV surge supressors are worthless (depending uo the number of surges in your area). Several companies make surge supressor's that mount in place of the outlet in the wall. many of these have a light and/or buzzer that will indicate when protection is no longer available There is another type of surge supression available that :uses device called an avalanche diode These devices work: similar to MOV's but are much hardier (don't wear out) and Imore precise. JO course the caveat is that they are much more expensive When was looking into these ...
