Claims
- 1. A power surge protection assembly, comprising:
- a suppression box for encasing a power surge suppression circuit, the box having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side and a second side;
- a first conductor extending from the first side of the box;
- a second conductor extending from the second side of the box;
- a first elongated post having a first end electrically coupled to the first conductor and a second end electrically coupled to a first power line;
- a second elongated post having a first end electrically coupled to the second conductor and a second end electrically coupled to a second power line;
- a first substantially flat elongated bus bar extending from the first conductor along substantially an entire length of the suppression box; and
- a second substantially flat elongated bus bar extending from the second conductor along substantially the entire length of the suppression box and overlapping the first bus bar wherein the second bus bar is coupled to a printed circuit board that extends longitudinally along substantially the entire length of the second bus bar, the printed circuit board retaining multiple surge suppression devices each at a first end to the first bus bar and coupled at a second end to the second bus bar.
- 2. An assembly according to claim 1 wherein the top and bottom surfaces are substantially square and the sides extend between the top and bottom surfaces.
- 3. An assembly according to claim 1 wherein the top and bottom surfaces are elongated and the sides extend perpendicularly between the top and bottom surfaces.
- 4. An assembly according to claim 1 wherein the first bus bar is coupled to multiple metal oxide varistors that extend longitudinally along substantially the entire first bus bar.
- 5. A power surge protection assembly, comprising:
- a suppression box for encasing a power protection circuit, the box having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side and a second side;
- a first conductor extending from the first side of the box;
- a second conductor extending from the second side of the box;
- a first substantially flat elongated bus bar extending from the first conductor along substantially an entire length inside the suppression box; and
- a second substantially flat elongated bus bar extending from the second conductor along substantially the entire length inside the suppression box and overlapping the first bus bar.
- 6. An assembly according to claim 5 including multiple surge suppression devices each coupled at a first end to the first bus bar and coupled at a second end to the second bus bar.
- 7. An assembly according to claim 6 wherein the first bus bar is coupled to a neutral line and the second conductor is coupled to ground.
- 8. An assembly according to claim 5 wherein the suppression box comprises a first box having top and bottom surfaces with an elongated rectangular profile and including a second box substantially twice the width of the first box and substantially the same length as the first box, the second box having a first conductor extending from a first side and electrically coupled to a neutral line and a second conductor extending from a second side and electrically coupled to a power line.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation-in-part patent application of prior application Ser. No. 08/672,418 filed on Jun. 28, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,701,227, of Barry D. Ryan entitled AUDIO COUPLED ANNUNCIATING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL PANEL BOXES,(POWER SURGE PROTECTION ASSEMBLY, as amended), which is a divisional of Ser. No. 08/360,982, filed Dec. 20, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,602,532 issued Feb. 11, 1997.
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