Hi Roger,

Those surge supressor type have about a 500-600 volts before resistance is
low enough to conduct to ground.
Details here and the specs http://www.littelfuse.com/ also a great article
about MOV's here
http://www.chipcenter.com/eexpert/akruger/akruger032.html
I have little faith in any of the $8-$100 surge supressors sure they may
protect from some transient spikes but most are not fast enough to catch
really short duration spikes and they will self destruct if the current is
high enough.  Unless there is an alarm you would never know. There a short
rant and a couple links hope this helps :)
t0m

> Hi Workers,
>
> Do any of you know what the "normal" clamping voltage is for the MOV in a
> typical surge supressor?  Like what does the line voltage need to be
before
> the varistor shunts to ground or common.
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