Product Comparisons Series vs. Shunt Mode Methods of Surge Suppression

The following oscilloscope traces show the surge let-through to the protected equipment. The smaller this disturbance, the more effective the surge suppression.

As you can see, the most effective suppression on the hot wire is the Zero Surge unit with no ground wire contamination.

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				Hot Wire Ground Wire
APC Network Surge Arrest NET7			EFI PowerTrax 2000
				Hot Wire Ground Wire
Equalizer's Trace			JCP&L's Trace
				Hot Wire Ground Wire
S.L. Waber Surge Sentry Model DSD			Transtector SL V
				Hot Wire Ground Wire
Tripplite ISOBAR ULTRA 6			Zero Surge 8R15

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