The Fallacy of Monitoring Surge Voltages: SPDs and PCs Galore!
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To support the recommendation of shifting transienl rnonilori~ig l i w i vvltage surges lo current surges, the paper presents experimental results as well as numerical modeling results demonstrating two mechanisms causing an apparent decrease of surge activity in low-voltage ac power circuits. The first mechanism is the proliferation of surge-protective devices, a situation which is by now well recognized. The second, which should also have been recognized, apparently escaped scrutiny so far: the proliferation of electronic appliances containing a switch-mode powcr supply that effectively places large surge-absorbing capacitors across the ac power systems.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002