Surge protector or surge protection device is a device that will provide surge suppression or voltage spike suppression so that sensitive devices will not get damage.
Surge protector schematic.
As we all know sudden mains domestic voltage fluctuations are quite inevitable and can induce serious harm to our household electrical appliances.
A wiring diagram is a simplified traditional photographic representation of an electrical circuit.
This is a surge protector.
These are normally installed in sensitive and vulnerable electronic equipment to prevent them from getting damaged due to these sudden unprecedented surges and voltage.
A simple circuit idea of a mains surge protector unit has been explained in this article.
A surge protector is an electrical device which is designed to neutralize minor electrical spikes and transients that normally keep appearing in the mains utility lines.
The circuit once built and installed in your house will assure a total safety to the various connected appliances from all possible sudden voltage triggers.
The circuit diagram of a surge protector is shown below.
Surge protector circuit diagram.
Surge protection circuit is the one referred by many as protector for voltage spikes in ac grid lines.
Assortment of surge protector wiring diagram.
This design is not great it s slow to act depending on a relay it will take many ms to switch off at current max relay current and a 250v mov in 120v installation won t help much either.
However it is not limited particularly in ac grid lines.