Hello Dave,

On Oct 16 19:34 in a msg to Poe Lim, Dave Hatch of 3:711/808 wrote:

PL> I think it might be frightening to ask the price for one of these... :)

 DH> I nagged until I got one from the installation crew.  They got back
 DH> - put in the earth stake, fitted the arrestor, then put in a

They gave you one for nix?!

 DH> plastic box with no return path for the earth from the center lug. 
 DH> Useless...:-(

 DH> Telstra.

Ah well... Just get hold of a tech that knows what they are doing.

PL> Is this a gizmo about 2cm by under 1cm dia? I was given one, told it was 
PL> 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 think that's what I have; nothing to connect it to though...

Cheers,
Poe

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