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Surge Arrester Ratings

02/21/2010 10:49 PM

How to calculate the rating of Surge Arrester? What factors should be taken care while choosing a surge arrester?
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Re: Surge Arrester Ratings

02/22/2010 4:37 PM

Surge Arresters are rated by the MFG. I'm not sure how you would calculate the value but the MFG perform tests to verify the arresters capability to handle the magnitude of the surge.
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Re: Surge Arrester Ratings

02/26/2010 5:29 AM

Doesn't any standard available to get the value?
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Re: Surge Arrester Ratings

02/28/2010 3:05 AM

Ref IEC 99 and IEEE guides
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