I have a Cutler Hammer cvl 50 at my datacenter. http://www.eaton.com/EatonCom/Markets/Electrical/Products/PowerQualityManagement/TransientVoltageSurgeSuppression/LightCommercialSurgeProtectionCVL/index.htm
No idea what's at home. Just two little breaker looking things in the panel that have an LED and a label that say protection. I think you can get these at the big box hardware stores if you have a standard breaker style. In either case, they were obtained and installed by an electrician, and I'm not sure where he got them. On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 01:10:54PM -0400, Eric Rogers wrote: > What TVSS do you use, and where do you get it? > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of jp > Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 12:52 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] TVSS > > I've got a whole building TVSS on the three phase at my datacenter > building; it's a separate module that goes next to the breaker panel. 8 > years and no lighting problems despite being connected to a tower. I > also use UPSs and have an extensive underground grounding network, and > the generator waits a minute for things to stabilize before returning to > > utility power after an outage. > > We also keep all the wireless equipment on one rack, and link it to the > other racks with fiber for connectivity, just to limit the scope of any > potential ethernet based surges. > > I've got a whole building TVSS on my home, where it's like a LED+circuit > > breaker on each 120v leg. 9 years and no lightning problems, with about > 8 antennas on the roof. I also use UPSs, and have a diesel generator but > > it's not automatic. > > I'll probably continue to buy the whole building protection for any new > building power wiring projects. It seems like a low cost layer of > protection compared to the amount of damagable electronics in a house or > > computing environment or other elaborate protection systems. We use a > mix of APC and Tripplite UPS systems. > > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 09:58:40AM -0400, Eric Rogers wrote: > > Does anyone have any experience with whole-building Transient Voltage > > Surge Supression (TVSS) systems? If you have other suggestions, I am > > willing to hear them. We use APC UPSs, but also want another layer of > > protection. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Eric Rogers > > Precision Data Solutions, LLC > > (317) 831-3000 x200 > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > /* > Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL > KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting > http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ > */ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ */ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
