Hello John,

On Oct 12 15:18 in a msg to Poe Lim, John Clarke of 3:713/730 wrote:

 JC> Sure.  If you have a Telstra box on the wall containing one or two
 JC> Krone insulation displacement strips you can get a magazine
 JC> equipped with up to 10 arrestors that plugs into the Krone strip. 
 JC> I think Critec make something similar.  These should be familiar
 JC> items to exchange installers.  You will need to have an Austel
 JC> licensed electrician install the earth connection. 

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

 JC> What you need is a 3 pole arrestor.  These have a common chamber so
 JC> that both legs are grounded at the same time.  Don't get two

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


Cheers,
Poe

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