The author is owner of Rural Florida Communications Cooperative. He is a retired AT&T employee who has a great deal of experience protecting communications facilities from lightning and surges. He saw ...

The NEC distinguishes between surge arresters and transient voltage surge suppressors (TVSSs), yet both provide surge protection. What's the difference between them? Surge arresters generally apply to ...

An improperly connected unit will provide little or no surge protection. Unfortunately, misinformation about TVSS products is pervasive enough—and convincing enough—to lead many people to select and ...

DILLWYN, Va. — It has become the normal routine for WEQF(FM). Like many stations at the “end of the power line” when a storm rolls through the area, the power is up and down, spiking and dipping into ...