[Bobcat]

Ronbo .... don`t disagree at all with what you said . My warped logic was that MSD recommends this a surge suppressor . If there are any problems down the road , you can say that you are using their recommended protector and that takes away one possible stumbling block to any warranty issues .
I got to be more familiar with transients than I ever wanted to as I used to design DC power supplies for the steel mills and Titanium plants for vacuum arc melting . These put out 10,000 amps DC @40 load volts and during arc strike conditions , you would see some horrendous voltage transients . Our input voltages were either 4160 VAC or 13.2kv and direct short circuits gave us currents as hi as 40,000 amps and voltage at zero until the arc was re established and then the voltage spikes went crazy . We also used everything from capacitors to crowbar circuits to Klipcells .... some worked and some didn`t , but if something was used we didn`t recommend , we voided warranty . That`s why I recommended the MSD capacitor .... again , I don`t disagree with anything you said as you are correct . This was just my reasoning .
Byron ... you`r welcome and this capacitor from MSD is cheap insurance . Good luck !