On Oct 16, 1996 at 19:34 hrs, Dave Hatch of 3:711/808 wrote to Poe Lim:

Hello Dave,

PL>> Is this a gizmo about 2cm by under 1cm dia? I was given one, told it 
PL>> was for protecting the phone line, but couldn't see how it worked...

 DH> It's a gas discharge gadget.  Three legs, cylindrical body.  Either 
 DH> side flashing over ionizes the lot and shorts both sides to center.  
 DH> Providing you have kind enough installers to connect the center to 
 DH> something useful, this is good..

I like it, Dave.   You DO have a way with words!  :-)

Regards ... John
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