Is there any standard test equipment for the testing of surge suppressors? Does any one test them to any standard? Is there any standard set for low voltage suppressors? (>90V)
Testing surge supressors
Apr 26, 2006
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Isn't that the source of some quarter shrinkor's power supplies?
(Boy, that looks ugly.. I mean the person who shrinks the quarters..)
I'm referring to lightning strike equipment of course.
Tim
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Keytek Model 424 and Haefley Model P6T used to be the two test sets usually mentioned in TVS databooks for testing to the required standard current waves, such as 8/20uS and 10/1000uS. eg, 8uS is the time for the applied current to rise to Ipk and 20uS is the time for an exponential fall to Ipk/2.
Tony Williams.
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