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What Is A Lightning Arrester
What Is A Lightning Arrester
This overvoltage can trip and damage the circuit. To prevent this, a
lightning arrester is used. In this post, we will understand the
concept of a lighting arrester.
The three most used types of the arrester are – metal oxide (MO),
non-gapped line arrester (NGLA), and externally-gapped line
arrester (EGLA). The lighting arrester is generally used at voltages
above 1000 V.