8-5

Performance Curves

FIGURE 1. TEMPORARY OVERVOLTAGE CAPABILITY (TOV)

FOR AS SERIES ARRESTERS

FIGURE 2. V-I CHARACTERISTIC AS32 SIZE

FIGURE 3. V-I CHARACTERISTIC AS42 SIZE

FIGURE 4. V-I CHARACTERISTIC AS60 SIZE

TIME (s)

1.3

1.25

1.2

1.15

1.1

1.05

1

0.1

1

10

100

1000

10000

PEAK IMPULSE CURRENT (A)

35

1

0.01

10

0.001

1000

100,000

10,000

100

20

15

10

5

0

0.1

30

25

V602AS32

V502AS32

V402AS32

V302AS32

PEAK IMPULSE CURRENT (A)

1

0.01

10

0.001

1000

100,000

10,000

100

20

15

10

5

0

0.1

30

25

V502AS42

V402AS42

V302AS42

PEAK IMPULSE CURRENT (A)

20

1

0.01

10

0.001

1000

100,000

10,000

100

15

10

5

0

0.1

V402AS60

AS Series

OBSOLETE

PART