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Re: Breakers do not protect anything from spikes and surges

I conduct surge testing as part of my companies standard qualification testing.

Industry standard Surge tests are Rise (A) 0 μs to -1.0 μs 0% to +20% Duration (B) 0 μs to +7μs.

This can deliver a 6000 Volt/3000Amp surge in less than 7 microseconds.

Simply put the damage is done and equipment is destroyed long before any inline breaker or fuse will blow.



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