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Lightening Arrestor

Thread starter IASMike
Start date Jun 23, 2007

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Jun 23, 2007

IASMike

Electrical

I have been told that if a have a Silcon carbide arrestor on the primary of a transformer and a MOV lightening arrestor on the secondary of the transformer. The Silicon carbide arrestors will cause the MOV arrestors to fail. Can someone confirm this?