Telematic Lighting Arrestor SAPN (Telematic Surge Barrier)

This is another telephone line surge arrestor sold under name Telmatic SAPN Line Barrier by
Black Box. The protector has following specs:

Clamping voltage: 200V+-10%

Rise time: 15 ns
Interface: 2-wire PSTN
Connectors: Screw terminals
Size: 2.5H x 2.1W x 14D cm
Weight: 0.1 kg
Protection mechanism: 5 kA gas discharge tube and high speed clamp diodes

This circuit is built using small circuit board fitted inside metal enclosure. The unit has 200V
voltage rating, it has BAPT approval for connecting to public telephone network and it is NEMP
tested. This protector model is also sold for a little less than 100 US dollars by Farnell Electronic
Components.

The circuit is quite straighforward circuit made of gas arrestors, resistors and zener diodes. Firs
protection for large surges are one gas arrestor connected between line leads and two other
gas arrestors connected between line leads and ground connection. All gas arrestors are type
JES 0394 2029-23-BY. After that there is 4.7 ohm resistors followed by surge suppression
network built from zener diodes (type BWX50-180) which handle the surge which has passed
those gas arrestors. There was a place and markings in the circuit board for capacitors C1 and
C2, but those were not installed in the circuit.