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June 2004 

Surge Protection Anthology 

Contents – Part 6 

Tutorials, Textbooks, and Reviews 

Surges Happen!

 

This is a printer-friendly version of the Part 6 Launch Page, for your convenience if you wish to print it for 

future off-line reference. 

Organization of this Part 6 of the Anthology is different from the other parts because it contains too many 

large files, which would make global on-line downloading of all files cumbersome and slow. Instead, 

I have grouped the papers (in pdf format) into several subject categories, as tabulated below, which you can 

access directly from the on-line launch page (but not from this print-only file). After returning to the launch 

page, for each category you can do a global word search in the “Text” MS Word file for all the papers

included in that category. In the table, the files are listed in chronological order within each category to 

help you track the evolution of subject interests in the SPD community. Three annexes include unpublished 

contributions to working groups, US patents front pages, and NIST Special Publication 960-6. 

Many of the papers included in this Part 6 were presented to disseminate the same concerns that were then 

emerging among different audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. Consequently, when placed next to each 

other, some might appear redundant. Collecting all of them – the very purpose of an anthology is to make 

them all available – might create for you a feeling of déjà vu, so that I offer this explanation in advance. 

Best wishes and good browsing !

Category Paper title Date 

Transient overvoltage protection seminar 1979 

Transient overvoltage protection in the undefined real world environment 1979 

Electrical protection of cellular radio sites 1983 

Line conducted disturbances – Origins and control 1984 

Lecture 

Handouts

Word-searchable file of Lecture Handouts 2004 

Metal-oxide varistor: A new way to suppress transients (B/W) 1972 

Metal-oxide varistor: A new way to suppress transients (full color) 1972 

Transient overvoltage protection: The implications of new techniques 1981 

Lightning and NEMP transient protection with metal oxide varistors 1982 

Surge suppressors and clamps 1986 

A glimpse at long-term effects of momentary overvoltages on ZnO varistors 1989 

What are the lights on your surge protector telling you? 1998 

Lingering lead length legacies 2004 

Protective 

Devices

Word-searchable file of Protective Devices papers 2004 

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Category Paper title Date 

Power quality site surveys: Facts, fiction, and fallacies 1988 

Power quality measurements: Bringing order out of chaos 1988 

Monitoring power quality 1990 

Systems and instruments in site surveys 1990 

No joules for surges: Relevant and realistic assessment of surge stress threats 1995 

Surge recordings that make sense: Shifting focus from voltage to current measurements 1996 

Surge recordings that make sense: Joules deposition: Yes! – “Joule content’: Never! 1997 

The fallacy of monitoring surge voltages: SPDs and PCs galore! 1999 

Some enlightening case histories on lightning damage 2000 

Site Surveys 

Word-searchable file of Site Surveys papers 20 4 0

A guideline on surge voltages on AC power circuits rated up to 1000 V 1979 

The development of a guideline on surge voltages in low-voltage AC power circuits 1979 

A consensus on powering and grounding sensitive electronic equipment 1986 

A standard for the 90s: IEEE C62.41 surges ahead 1991 

Standards : Transnational aspects 1991 

Power quality work at the International Electrotechnical Commission 1997 

The Trilogy update of IEEE Std C62.41 2000 

New IEEE standards foster next-generation system compatibility 2002 

Standards Reviews 

Word-searchable file of Standards Reviews papers 20 4 0

Performance criteria for power-system compatibility 1992 

Characterization of TVSS from a system compatibility perspective 1992 

An important link in whole-house protection: Surge reference equalizers 1993 

Consumer power quality problems: Troubleshooting by telephone 2002 

System 

Compatibility 

Word-searchable file of TVSS Compatibility papers 20 4 0

Surge protection techniques in low-voltage AC power systems 1979 

The coordination of transient protection for solid-state power conversion equipment 1982 

Lightning protection of roof-mounted solar cells 1983 

The protection of industrial electronics and equipment against power & data line disturbances 1964 

The protection of computer and electronic systems against power and data lines disturbances 1985 

Lightning and surge protection of photovoltaic installations 1989 

Protecting computer systems against power transients 1990 

Update on a consumer-oriented guide for surge protection 1999 

System Protection 

Techniques 

Word-searchable file of System Protection Techniques papers 20 4 0

Transient control levels: A proposal for insulation coordination in low-voltage systems 1976 

Transient Control Levels: A better way to voltage ratings in power converter applications 1976 

Transient control level philosophy and Implementation – Reasoning behind the philosophy 1977 

Transient control level philosophy and implementation – Techniques and equipment for testing 1977 

Transient Control Levels: A new concept licks an old telco problem 1977 

Transient Control Level test generators 1977 

Transient 

Control 

Levels 

Word-searchable file of Transient Control Level papers 20 4 0

Overvoltage protection: Principles, postulates and perceptions 1994 

Revisiting reality checks on the surge environment 1995 

Unpublished 

Contributions to 

Working Groups Black boxes beget blind spots (Also draft of paper submitted for IEEE Transactions PWRD) 20 4 0

Surges Happen! Surges Happen! – How to protect the appliances in your home (NIST Special publication 960-6) 20 1 0

Patents Perspective Patents and perspective on surge protection for low-voltage circuits 20 4 0