Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!hes%ecsvax.uucp@brl-tgr.ARPA From: hes%ecsvax.uucp@brl-tgr.ARPA (Henry Schaffer) Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: MOV transient protectors -ratings Message-ID: <9027@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 03:52:34 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.9027 Posted: Thu Mar 7 03:52:34 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 06:48:36 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 7 I looked at some GE literature I have, and it appears that the voltage rating is in terms of the DC voltage level at which the MOV starts conducting. GE gives both the DC and AC levels in their specs. For example, for the V18ZA1, Maximum Continuous Voltage: DC 14 V; AC 10 V RMS. --henry schaffer n c state univ