Zinc oxide arrester rudzi rutsva rwemusungwa rwakagadzirwa muma1970, iro rinonyanya kuumbwa ne zinc oxide varistor.Imwe neimwe varistor ine imwe yayo switching voltage (inonzi varistor voltage) kana yagadzirwa.Pasi pemazuva ese ekushanda voltage (kureva kuti, ishoma pane varistor voltage), iyo varistor kukosha yakakura kwazvo, iyo yakaenzana neinodzivirira mamiriro, asi mune yakajairika kushanda voltage (kureva, ishoma pane varistor voltage) Pasi pechiito che iyo impulse voltage (yakakura kupfuura varistor voltage), iyo varistor inoputsika pamutengo wakaderera, iyo yakaenzana nepfupi yedunhu.Zvisinei, mushure mokunge varistor yakarohwa, iyo insulating state inogona kudzorerwa;kana iyo voltage yakakwirira kudarika varistor voltage inobviswa, inodzokera kune yakakwirira-resistance state.Naizvozvo, kana zinc oxide arrester yakaiswa patambo yemagetsi, kana kurova kwemheni kuchiitika, iyo yakakwira voltage yemhepo yemheni inoita kuti varistor iparare, uye mheni ikozvino inoyerera ichipinda muvhu kuburikidza nevaristor, iyo inogona kudzora voltage patambo yemagetsi mukati menzvimbo yakachengeteka.Nokudaro kuchengetedza kuchengetedzwa kwemagetsi emagetsi.