Phoenix Contact Gmbh + Co. Kg

Karsten Trachte

Rainer Durth

Martin Wetter

Thomas Meyer

Joachim Wosgien

Michael Tegt

Joachim Schimanski

Hannes Sagebiel

Christian Birkholz

Christian Dipl-Ing Birkholz

Martin Dr-Ing Wetter

Rainer Dipl-Ing Durth

Joachim Dipl-Ing Wosgien

Joachim Dipl-Ing Schimanski

A surge protection device with stack spark gaps, whereby a stack spark gap is formed from multiple electrodes and insulating elements that are arranged between the electrodes, with an ignition switch for influencing the ignition behavior of the stack spark gaps, with a first electrically conductive clamping element and with a second electrically conductive clamping element, whereby the clamping elements are arranged on opposite sides of the stack spark gaps, with at least one connecting element by which the clamping elements are connected to one another, and with connection elements for electrical connection of the stack spark gaps.

Surge protection device

An overvoltage protection device for protection of low voltage electrical installations, has a device base part with terminals for phase conductors and ground or neutral conductors and at least one overvoltage protection element, with at least one arrester which is located in a housing. The base part of the device has at least one telecommunications contact which has a switch for remote indication of the state of at least one overvoltage protection element, the base part of the device having plug contacts which are connected to the terminals, and the overvoltage protection element having corresponding connector contacts so that the overvoltage protection element can be plugged onto the base part of the device. The overvoltage protection device is improved by the overvoltage protection element having an optical status display and the optical status display and the switch of the telecommunications contact being actuated via a common mechanical actuating system.

Overvoltage protection device

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Lemgo, Germany

Karsten Trachte