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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1036066" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>[USER=369937]@Terryl[/USER]</p><p>As I said, it's a "horses for courses" situation - but you are in the US and "we" are mainly in the UK. You are right about "surge-protection" MOVs (but they are OK'ish" when on the internal side of the house distribution panel consumer units and socket-outlets/receptacles, which are designed to limit the internal voltages to 6kV per IEC "Class III" voltage limits),</p><p></p><p>You could be correct about the need for UPSs in some areas of the UK fed by Low voltage (i.e. <600V) overhead power distribution cables - but most residential properties in heavily populated areas in the UK have underground power distribution systems, and then there is the "National Grid" which means that the Very High Voltage supplies come from a nationally interconnected system where a 2nd supply kicks in if the 1st "dies". I've lived in this house for over 40 yrs and the number of power-outages in that time has probably been less than the number of fingers on 2 hands!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1036066, member: 176704"] [USER=369937]@Terryl[/USER] As I said, it's a "horses for courses" situation - but you are in the US and "we" are mainly in the UK. You are right about "surge-protection" MOVs (but they are OK'ish" when on the internal side of the house distribution panel consumer units and socket-outlets/receptacles, which are designed to limit the internal voltages to 6kV per IEC "Class III" voltage limits), You could be correct about the need for UPSs in some areas of the UK fed by Low voltage (i.e. <600V) overhead power distribution cables - but most residential properties in heavily populated areas in the UK have underground power distribution systems, and then there is the "National Grid" which means that the Very High Voltage supplies come from a nationally interconnected system where a 2nd supply kicks in if the 1st "dies". I've lived in this house for over 40 yrs and the number of power-outages in that time has probably been less than the number of fingers on 2 hands! [/QUOTE]
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