toby10;498908 Wrote: 
> 
> As suggested by others, stay away from anything with MOV technology. 
> This is the same technology used in $3 "surge protectors" sold at drug
> stores.  You want tested series mode fast clamping surge protectors.

That's absurd - practically everything uses MOVs, including the
products you just linked! See their marketing papers:

http://www.furmansound.com/pdf/pdfdata/furman_mov_facts.pdf
http://www.furmansound.com/pdf/pdfdata/FurmanSMPPlusWhitePaper.pdf

Yes, they _additionally_ include a series element to dissipate the
surge, but so does any TVSS installation to some degree (the wire
feeding it is an inductor, if nothing else).

Just because they use the same shunting principle doesn't mean all TVSS
devices are equivalent to a $3 surge protector. Series protection will 
protect you from sustained overvoltages, but for lightning you need a
high speed clamping element and MOVs are what the whole world uses.


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