The tvss is rated in jouleswattseconds. If your voltage spike produces joules integral from 0 to t in seconds of current x volts x dt of energy which is less than 160 joules then the specified tvss is adequate.
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Tvss wiring diagram. A surge suppression path is provided for each mode line to neutral ln line to line ll line to. The multi 9 surge protective device spd also referred to as transient voltage surge suppressor tvss manufactured by square d provides high quality surge protection for electronic equipment. Tvss will now be referred to as spd surge protective devices. Series tvss can be used in industrial medical and commercial applications. Ul 1449 is now ansiul 1449. The surgelogic eba series surge protective device is a non modular parallel transient voltage surge suppressor tvss.
Wiring lead length between the electrical equipment and the suppressor as short as possible. As such eaton was the first. Wiring diagrams lc series xr series xw series gn l l n g line load 1 phase 2 wire gnd 120 or 230 vac black white black green l1 white greenyellow l2 n l n 1 phase 3 wire gnd 120240 vac 1 phase 2 wire gnd. Tvss ieee and ul tests ul1449 2nd edition performance test procedure let through voltage test performed with 6 of wire connected to the unit single 6kv 500a pulse measure let through voltage. Addition of four types of spds to cover surge arrestors tvss surge strips and component spds. The eba device has multi stage suppression circuits consisting of field proven fast acting metal oxide varistors movs.
These devices can be mounted on a 35 mm rail on the load side of the incoming power to protect from transient voltage surges.
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