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Asea Aktiebolag

Bengt Thors

Lennart Stenstrom

Bror Axelsson

Bengt Johnnerfelt

Ulf Johnsen

Surge arrester arrangement

A surge arrester comprises a plurality of cylindrical arrester elements (11) of metal oxide varistor material which are arranged, with confronting end surfaces, between two end electrodes (13) in an elongated protective housing (10) which is resistant to deformation under the operating conditions for the surge arrester. The housing is of cross-linked HD polyethylene and is shrunk onto the envelope surfaces of the arrester elements and onto envelope surfaces on heat-absorbing metallic bodies (12) arranged between the arrester elements.

Surge arrester

In a surge arrester comprising a stack of series-connected cylindrical ZnO-varistors in an insulating housing, the envelope surface of each varistor is provided with an insulating protection means, which overlap varistors positioned adjacent to each other. The protection means prevent the varistors from being mechanically damaged during handling, provides guiding for the varistors in the stack, and seals the stack of varistors, so that a local glow discharge or a fault in individual varistors will not lead to an arc flash-over along the stack.

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Ludvika, Sweden

Bengt Thors