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Questions about protecting electrical devices from voltage spikes.

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Protecting a circuit when working voltage is close to the absolute maximum

Is it possible to find a TVS that will clamp these excess voltages, or should I be looking for a different solution? Sure, Zener diodes with Zener voltages in the 25 V to 26 V range exist and aren't …
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How to design a discrete flat-clamp TVS circuit

I understand the TVS3300 uses a comparator. yep, that's the magic here: a fixed voltage reference, a voltage divider to divide your input voltage exactly such that at the clamping voltage, it is equ …
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Can lightning strike into the phone line damage electronics in the house through the ADSL mo...

It's unlikely. The wires of your telephone line are very thin and are close to ground at enough points to first vaporize before they can hit your washing mashine. Let's assume that the ADSL modem is …
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