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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1976
Filed:
May. 01, 1975
James S Kresge, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Harvey E Fiegel, Richmond, MA (US);
General Electric Company, , US;
Abstract
The arrester includes a valve section made up of high current-voltage characteristic exponent metal oxide varistor valve blocks having a relatively high capacitance and a series gap section made up of simple gap units, the gap section carrying less than about one fifth of the total arrester voltage during a discharge. The valve blocks of the valve section are each provided with a parallel-connected bleeder resistor to adjust the time constant of the valve section so that the faces of the valve blocks are returned to a common potential within a time interval of between about one and about two milliseconds for allowing sufficient deionization of arc gases without degrading multiple lightning surge performance.