Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere       
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation           
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions            
 6     Individual service SPDs        
        6.1     Surge mitigation functions     
        6.2     Power service protection        
        6.3     Signal service protection         
        6.4     Individual SPD earthing problems        
 7     Surge reference equaliser (MSPD concept) 
 8     MSPD implications 
        8.1     Protected-side earth loop currents     
        8.2     SPD cross-coupling    
        8.3     High impedance or missing local earth connection       
 9     Summary   
Bibliography