HISTORY:
Sustainability is the name of the game! Anything (that has been tested and still functioning properly) should be repurposed creating saving in wasted Ee and reducing the poisoning our environment when items are buried in the earth at the local tip needlessly.
Never heard of Ee? It is a concept that creates a measurement of ALL things (not just electronics) that humans have made and the energy used in obtaining the raw material, processing the materials right through to a finished product and even should include the shipping of the item to the distributors/retailers.
If you would like to know more about Ee values, please take a look HERE
Surge Arresters have been "around" for a very long time, Siemens began manufacturing this type of product back in the mid 1920's!
Often used in the telecommunications and communications industry where equipment needs to be protected against voltage surges e.g lightning.
Normally the arrester is non-conducting with a very high resistance but once a voltage spike exceeding the spark over voltage is detected (in this case 350V), the gas inside ionises and the arrester goes very low resistance. This process is repeatable, the component offers protection repeatedly unless of course it has suffered a major impulse current overload, in which case it is pretty obvious due to the external component damage. I have seen one of these which took a "direct lightning hit", there wasn't much left of this component and the equipment being protected! Lightning can be nice to watch but damn, it packs massive amounts of energy and you do not want to put yourself or your equipment in the direct path of a lightning discharge!
SIEMENS - Surge Arrester (Gastube)
Made in Germany
Series T83
Type: T83 A350X
Spark over voltage: 350V
Impulse Discharge Current: 10kA (8x20µs)
DIMENSIONS:
7.25mm diameter x 10mm length
The 3 leads are 5.25mm length (0.9mm diameter wire)
Usually PCB mounted
COSMETIC CONDITION:
NEW
Old Stock
Always been stored in the original suppliers packaging
*** Where the photograph may show multiple components, this advertisement is for ONE component only, not all that are shown!
