w_tom wrote:
> On Jan 28, 12:26 pm, DTC <m...@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote:
>> A gas tube (or old style carbon block) arrestor shunts the over
>> voltage to ground. Its very robust, but if the voltage is not high
>> enough to arc over the arrestor (as in the leading edge of the spike),
>> then the "surge protector" will block it.
>
> Now put numbers to your assumption. The numbers are commonly
> available including TIA, Telcordia, FCC part 68, component application
> notes, and basic engineering texts. Get numbers to appreciate why
> your assumptions are invalid. To promote those half truths, other
> forget to provide numbers. No numbers is how junk science gets so
> easily promoted. Get numbers to appreciate the errors in that
> paragraph.

You don't seem to have much real world experience as an everyday
professional.