this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2023
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Hum... I have a 75MJ varistor on each phase of the main wiring of my house. Those are not fuses (because fuses don't have a total energy specification) but I can certainly get a few more for the Enterprise it they want.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's 21 kilowatt hours worth of energy, are you sure about that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yes, I'm sure. I used to have 5MJ ones, but one burned down once. So I got the large ones. AFAIK, they are the largest that will fit 1 unity in a DIM panel. It's supposed to change phases more than once if it receives that kind of abuse, but keep safely conducting electricity all the way.

It's a common component around lightning protection. You'd want something better to actually deal with the lightning if your network is unprotected (there are plenty of options), but mine is protected.