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Development of a lightning arrestor connector

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4301936

A lightning arrestor connector was developed and evaluated. The design is based on an LJT connector with an air breakdown providing the arresting feature. The air breakdown is stimulated by rutile, a high dielectric constant insulator to provide adequately rapid breakdown of the alr gap. The connector passed stringent environmental tests and performed satisfactorily at simulated lightning currents over 200,000 amperes. (auth)

Research Organization:
Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, N.Mex. (USA)
NSA Number:
NSA-29-028952
OSTI ID:
4301936
Report Number(s):
SLA--74-5161; CONF-740503--1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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