Talk:Voltage spike

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Would be nice to know what electronic components are most affected by voltage spikes?

Semiconductors. But anything more would be pretty arbitrary and probably not very encyclopaedic.

Atlant 16:27, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] power surge

the 7 July 2005 London bombings were initially attributed to Power surges. Can any expert explain how bomb explosions can be mistaken for power surges? Have power surges more often been so severe as to account for destroyed trains and injured passengers? Thanks, — Xiutwel (talk) 07:13, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Power surges occasionally cause transformers to explode, and that can be just as dramatic as a chemical explosion. I'm reminded of a few years ago when a pole-top utility transfomer exploded about a mile from my house...

Atlant 15:58, 12 April 2007 (UTC)