and thus away from the sensitive electronic hardware to be protected thus the movs can be electrically connected in parallel between electrical conductors of a power distribution system to provide protection from transient voltages to an electrical load also coupled to the electrical conductors as those skilled in the art understand when an mov is subjected to a transient voltage beyond its peak current energy rating it initially fails in a short circuit mode an mov may also fail when operated at a steady state voltage well beyond its nominal voltage rating or if subjected to repeated operations due to transient voltages having associated current levels below the peak current energy rating for the mov when an mov fails in the short circuit mode the current through the mov becomes limited mainly by the source impedance of the power distribution system to which the mov is coupled consequently a large amount of energy can be introduced into the mov causing the mov to become very hot which can result in mechanical rupture of the mov package accompanied by expulsion of package material this failure mode may be prevented by proper selection of a current limiting element that u201c clears u201d the fault the current limiting element 111 is preferably selected to interrupt the fault current that is caused to flow through the mov 112 as well as the current limiting element due to the failure of the mov in many conventional transient voltage suppression circuits a bare fusible element such as an uninsulated copper wire is often used as a current limiting element in series with mov transient suppressing elements the bare fusible elements are typically mounted on a printed circuit board to which the movs are also mounted it has been recognized that when such bare.