Surge protector having a thermal separating device

An overvoltage protection device comprising a thermal disconnection device and a fault indicator as well as at least two first protection elements, specifically disc-shaped varistors (7), and at least one second protection element, specifically a gas arrester (9), each of the at least two first protection elements (7) having a connection pin (12), wherein the at least two first protection elements (7) and the at least one second protection element (9) are interconnected in a Y-arrangement, further comprising a device housing or supporting part for receiving the first and second protection elements and means (11) for mechanically preloading the thermal disconnection device, wherein the thermal disconnection device comprises a low-melting solder or the like means and the first protection elements (7) are arranged such that the connection pin (12) of one first protection element (7) is positioned opposite the connection pin (12) of the other first protection element (7) at a distance to form a distance space therebetween, and the thermal disconnection device is located mainly in the so formed distance space (13),

• characterized in that
• the thermal disconnection device further includes a bypass connection pin (15) of the second protection element (9) which directly bypasses the distance space and provides an electrical connection between the aforementioned connection pins (12) of the first protection elements (7) in the distance space (13) in a solder-contacted manner, and wherein the mechanically preloaded disconnecting component (5) includes a finger (16) which acts on the bypass connection pin (15) in such a way that, in the event of an overload, the bypass connection pin (15) is physically placed away from the connection pins (12) of the first protection elements (7).