sreangsu acharyya rearranged electrons thusly:
> ummm ....dont we need a capacitance rather than inductance to ground the
> surge. I guess that depends whether its the voltage or the current which
> kills a modem. A high enough inductance should cause the voltage to drop
> before the modem. Whereas the capacitor should take out the surge
> component of the current. Have to redo the physics book ;(
I was never very good at phy / electronics / whatever, but I think you'd need
an LCR circuit ...
What do the knots do, then? As the wire becomes noticeably thicker at the
knots, it's a kind of primitive fuse, perhaps?
-s
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