Electrical surge protector with protective enclosure
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Nov 16, 1999
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Sep 16, 1997
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Sep 16, 1997
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A surge protector module is provided with a housing with an internal space, a separator disposed within the housing which divides the internal space into first and second spaces within the housing, and a surge protection device. The surge protection device has a surge protector mounted within the first space and a disconnect mechanism operable to conductively disconnect one of the terminals of the surge protector from one of the terminals of the surge protection device in the presence of a prolonged overvoltage surge across the terminals of the surge protector. A combustion-retardant material is disposed within the housing of the surge protector module so that it occupies only the first space within the housing, leaving the second space within the housing substantially free of the combustion-retardant material, and the disconnect mechanism is disposed in the second space in which no combustion-retardant material is disposed. Consequently, the presence of the combustion-retardant material does not interfere with the operation of the disconnect mechanism.
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