摘要 |
The specification discloses a weather-resistant surge protector plug for protecting an outdoor electrical device connected on its load side from spurious or excessive transient voltages or surges or both on an electrical line above a predetermined value, on its line side or its hot side. The surge protector plug contains, within the plug housing, an MOV and an on/off switch having a re-settable circuit breaker. The on/off switch acts to interrupt current to the device at the option of the user, and also to re-set the circuit breaker after the occurrence of an overvoltage condition. An indicator light indicates whether the switch is on or off. The plug housing is made of weather-resistant and materials and is further designed and constructed to be water or moisture resistant. An electrical circuit is are also disclosed. The lightning and surge protection as provided by this invention may also be rendered into a sold state chip device.
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