The AL-CL2-12 is a high performance 3-stage outdoor protector that provides superior protection of differential or common mode lines from transients and surges. These units will protect two 4-20 mA circuits. The first stage is comprised of a differential gas discharge tube. Stage two is a pair of current limiting series resistors and the final stage is a low capacitance diode array. The use of three terminal differential gas discharge tubes provides superior common and differential mode protection against conducted transients versus the use of lower cost two terminal tubes. The second stage series resistance limits the power dissipation of the fast diode clamp array in the third stage. This allows time for the slower but higher power gas tubes to flash over. The diode array clamps the leading edge of fast transients to safe levels until the high power gas tubes turn on. This eliminates the damaging leading edge spike that single stage gas tube protectors let leak through. The diode array's low capacitance assures that the suppressor will not degrade the high-speed signals. The 3-stage design can handle higher-level transients than a protector that uses only diodes. For additional information and complete specifications, see data sheet below.
Features
12V, also available in 15V and 24V models
Dual Channel
Weather resistant enclosure
Screw Terminal Blocks
Three-Stage Protection
Application
Pulse Input Circuits
4 to 20 mA sensors and controllers
HART Street light controllers
Industrial process control
Toll booths, drawbridges, railroad crossing gates and signals
The AL-CL2-12 is a high performance 3-stage outdoor protector that provides superior protection of differential or common mode lines from transients and surges. These units will protect two 4-20 mA circuits.
The first stage is comprised of a differential gas discharge tube. Stage two is a pair of current limiting series resistors and the final stage is a low capacitance diode array. The use of three terminal differential gas discharge tubes provides superior common and differential mode protection against conducted transients versus the use of lower cost two terminal tubes. The second stage series resistance limits the power dissipation of the fast diode clamp array in the third stage. This allows time for the slower but higher power gas tubes to flash over. The diode array clamps the leading edge of fast transients to safe levels until the high power gas tubes turn on. This eliminates the damaging leading edge spike that single stage gas tube protectors let leak through. The diode array's low capacitance assures that the suppressor will not degrade the high-speed signals. The 3-stage design can handle higher-level transients than a protector that uses only diodes.
For additional information and complete specifications, see data sheet below.
Features
- 12V, also available in 15V and 24V models
- Dual Channel
- Weather resistant enclosure
- Screw Terminal Blocks
- Three-Stage Protection
Application
- Pulse Input Circuits
- 4 to 20 mA sensors and controllers
- HART Street light controllers
- Industrial process control
- Toll booths, drawbridges, railroad crossing gates and signals
