With the 2020 revision of the NEC, Art. 242 replaced two individual Articles that appeared in earlier editions of the Code — Art. 280 [Surge Arrestors] and Art. 285 [Transient Voltage Surge ...

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Barring something like an incorrect transformer tap connection, an overvoltage is a momentary event in which voltage “surges” beyond nominal. We often call that a transient. A breaker or fuse is ...