Check out Mouser Electronics here: https://mou.sr/new2024 Mouser's updated Circuit Protection Reference Guide: https://mou.sr/3IYI0Sp You can get the shown Components here: https://mou.sr/4atIMTo https://mou.sr/3xkzz1k https://mou.sr/4aDpjj3 https://mou.sr/3PMHivp Try the world's most trusted PCB design software, Altium Designer with 365, for free and 25% off your purchase: https://www.altium.com/yt/greatscott! Check out Altium 365: https://www.altium.com/altium-365 Check out OctoPart: https://octopart.com/ Previous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TFPrBQNWok Mini PV System video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEru5cODA-M Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greatscottlab Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreatScottLab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/great.scott.lab/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greatscottlab Discord: https://discord.gg/zuAvkAuhsY Support me for more videos: https://www.patreon.com/GreatScott?ty=h In this electronics basics episode, we will be having a closer look at overvoltage/surge protection components. Now a voltage surge only occurs rarely through lightning, inductive switching in your grid or an electrostatic discharge. But if they hit your electronics, they can immediately destroy them. But with the 3 shown components you can easily and for pretty cheap save your circuits. Let's get started! Thanks to Mouser Electronics for sponsoring this video. 0:00 Overvoltage Problems! 1:25 Intro 2:08 Creating an Overvoltage Pulse for Testing 3:37 Test Circuit for the Experiment 4:04 Protection 1: TVS Diode 7:24 Protection 2: MOV 9:45 Protection 3: GDT 10:27 Comparison between all 10:47 Difference between Cheap/Expensive Surge Protection