What exactly is the difference between a surge protector and a fuse? Can a fuse protect the electronic devices from lightning instead of surge protector?
08.06.2025 05:01
When the current is 200% of the rated value , it will “go open” (the link metal melts) and protect the device.
Here is a simplified AC power diagram.
OK, this is Mohan Rajaratnam’s definition of a Surge suppressor.
How did you become popular in school?
2024–10–14 [Omar Gharbi Omar Gharbi ]
Barnstars:
If the nominal power is 4,000 watts then the current at 230volts is 16 amps.
Has your wife or girlfriend ever been felt up in public by a stranger?
Lightning arrestor is a spark-gap device, and can be installed anywhere. What is important, is that the wire is thick enough to withstand the lightning bolt and conduct the energy away from the building.
So combined with a device called a MOV or Metal-oxide-resistor, then forms the 3rd part of a “surge suppressor “.
The bolt then partially travels down the line to your home.
Why do so many guys love anime girls?
This is an electronic circuit designed to clamp voltages so that the Voltage Potential that appears at the outlet is never going to exceed the nominal value.
It seems Mohan does not understand the difference between a comment and an Answer.
He then describes the function of a fuse.
Why did my ex move on so quickly?
2024–10–11 [Victor Olarewsju Victor Olarewaju ]
what exactly is a ‘surge’ protector?
This is where the MOV conducts again, and dissipated the energy.
(Dc diagram shown, AC is similar).
[old diagram got deleted by accident]
At least they know the answer if they wanted it.
But… the neutral is now “floating” because of the 1 ohm resistance.
One
This is 'the assistant's answer'
so, what happens?
He then describes Rainy Season and Lightning.
Is the question then , "why buy a surge supressor, if the fuse alone protects the electronic circuits from a lightning bolt?".
What are some sex stories from your college days?
P = e* I, so since I is 16 amps, then the voltage dropped is 1/16 volt or 0.0650 volts.
[image of Common-mode choke]
“ … to protect building, lightning arrestor, is provided above building and directly connected to earth.”
How can I earn money through OnlyFans?
The third is lightning and “how it gets conducted into a home.”
2024–09–27 [ Mohan Rajaratnam Mohan Rajaratnam ] . Thinks you can get free electricity from nothing : Mohan Rajaratnam's answer to Is it possible to generate free electricity at home using a magnet or other low-cost methods? If so, how does it work?
There are two important concepts here.
At one ohm, the resistor has a maximum of 1 watt power.
What is lightning?
Because the load is inductive, the current lags the voltage.(by a bit).
Is modular building a fix for NY's housing crisis? State officials hope so. - Gothamist
This device then solves the entire problem.
These devices are installed between the “hot” and “neutral” and protective ground.
So, it’s possible that these devices from Trip Lite have addition suppression devices, these ones seem to be sturdy.
Why would a person always be so tired?
2024–10–11 [Bobby Sanchez Bobby Sanchez ].
nine
(There is no concept of polarity, in the loop because the current changes direction 100 to 120 times a second (power frequency).
All the ways Apple TV boxes do—and mostly don’t—track you - Ars Technica
These are simplified answers to the original question, and does not change anything I wrote above.
2024–10–10[John johnson John Johnson ]
Would individual surge supressors have save this equipment? most likely, since the surge supressor would take the jolt instead of the electronic components.
This is a photo where a lightning bolt took out a home's complete mains distribution box, and a lot of electronic gear as well.
I post the exact comment here.
Once the voltage goes over 0.0650 volts, then this fact can be used to amplify the difference, and turn the circuit breaker off , furthur down the line. Essentially that is what a RCD/GFCI does, it compares the incoming current, to the outgoing current, and if the difference between the two currents is over 5mA, then it trips the circuit breaker.
so, the loop of wire then, when put together with another loop reduces the ‘noise’ on a power line.
It’s been three xxx five werks, and there has been no response to my follow on query on his Commment to my answer.
This is where this question deviates from being a 'generic' question, and becomes more specific.
eight
First Sentence:
An AC voltage/ current source, and an ac inductive load.
It also is a device that limits the change in current flow.
A fuse is a non-resetable over current circuit protector.
Can the fuse protect the electronic devices from lightning instead of a surge protector.
One is “what exactly is in a ‘surge protector’ ? ”
The MOV will conduct when the voltage exceeds 50% of line voltage.
In schematic diagrams this is the symbol for a fuse:
A circuit breaker is similar, but is resettable.
But it can get overloaded, and no longer works.
There is no harm in having the surge suppressor along with the fuse in the circuit. The fuse will not open up until the current melts the link. This will take time, and in the interim, that jolt will get transmitted into the power supplies.
a photo is worth a thousand words.
“ A fuse is a device which protects the (circuit) against overload and short circuit.”
This is a high voltage low current spike that comes down the line because of the power poles being struck, and the voltage suppressors activating on the primary side of the transformer.
He then asserts :
This is the picture of an electronic coil of wire wound around a core of magnetic material.
Fuses, on their own, then operate much slower than the MOV variable resistance, during the lightning strike.
There are three different concepts here that are getting confused.
What does a fuse do?
Now when you have a certain ac resistance, then a current flows in a loop.
but this device (an Inductor) … impedes the rapid changes in the current.
So, the voltage could go up to 500 volts, and the fuse will not open up.
Mohan forgets that a fuse is a one-time device, and needs to be replaced if it is tripped.
but I think this circuit , shows a few more pieces.
2024–10–16 [ OO OLAOYE OYEBODE ]
This one hit behind the barn.
But during the surge, the fuse will not blow if it is a longer duration and lower value )10 to 50%).
2024–10–00 [ Ammar Mahdi ] Ammar Mahdi
Upvotes:
At the secondary, it is 1000 times less.)turns ratio). If it gets hit with a 100,000 volt bolt of lightning then the voltage arrestors conduct and clamp the voltage down to line voltage, ( but a small amount leaks down the line). This is the problem.
The other is “what does a “fuse” do?”
Edit 2024–10.
And this is the problem alone. Is the power supply in the equipmemt designed with a lightning strike in mind? Some yes, others, no.
For this case there are devices called Metal oxide varistors (MOV).
the problem then depends on "how fast does the fuse operate?".
“ A surge suppressor is the one which is connected at the input supply so that when there is a sudden change voltage it bypasses thereby protecting the (circuit) and electronic components”