What is the difference between surge arrestor and surge capacitor?

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What is the difference between surge arrestor and surge capacitor?..

Answer / achal

Surge Arrester protects devices from over voltage (i.e. sends them to ground) while Surge Capacitor absorbs over voltages.

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What is the difference between surge arrestor and surge capacitor?..

Answer / abhi

Surge Capacitor is a Device that absorbs surge and holds it for few seconds and then releases it to the system. Although it absorbs high voltage surge but it can't absorb or hold very high current surge.

Surge Arrester is a device that bypass, when applied on it, high voltage
/Current surge to the ground.

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