Lightning prevention system.

[team karst]

Originally Posted by Tetepare

Some critical infrastructure industry applications (e.g., telecommunications towers) use Transtector lightning/EMP quick reaction MOV fuses which should work well on boats if properly grounded.

True. But that comes after all the heavy bonding, and earthing, and generally removing high current exposure at the racks. The mov, GDT, fast diodes, etc deal with the hopefully, 1% of the remainder.

[Tetepare]

Originally Posted by team karst

True. But that comes after all the heavy bonding, and earthing, and generally removing high current exposure at the racks. The mov, GDT, fast diodes, etc deal with the hopefully, 1% of the remainder.

Good point. I figured that part was obvious, but indeed proper grounding is probably the most overlooked / ignored aspect of protection even in telecom.

[team karst]

Google Motorola 68P81089E50 for quite a load of telecom install procedures. With a lot on lightning protection.