Comments for Surge Protector http://reviewsurgeprotector.com Your Complete Source of Information and Reviews of Surge Protectors Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:42:55 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on What Is A Surge Protector? by admin http://reviewsurgeprotector.com/what-is-a-surge-protector.html/comment-page-1#comment-161 admin Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:42:55 +0000 http:/?p=1#comment-161 Hi Clement. A power strip does nothing more than offer multiple outlets for a standard 2-outlet wall plug, while a surge protector can provide multiple outlets and still protect your appliance(s) from power surges. To find out which one you have you need to look on the back of your strip and see if there is a UL Listing. The UL Listing you want is UL 1449. This indicates the clamping voltage of the surge protector. The lower the rating the better protected you are. 330 is the best rating. You may also see the Joules listed on the back plate. If there is then chances are you have a surge protector and not a power strip. Joules tells you how much energy the protector can absorb before it no longer works. There may also be an indicator light on your strip that tells you if your device is protecting you. If your unit does have one and the light is off then you are not being protected and need to replace your protector. If you still have the packaging you can simply look for both the UL listing and the Joules rating there. I hope that answered your question. Hi Clement.

A power strip does nothing more than offer multiple outlets for a standard 2-outlet wall plug, while a surge protector can provide multiple outlets and still protect your appliance(s) from power surges. To find out which one you have you need to look on the back of your strip and see if there is a UL Listing. The UL Listing you want is UL 1449. This indicates the clamping voltage of the surge protector. The lower the rating the better protected you are. 330 is the best rating. You may also see the Joules listed on the back plate. If there is then chances are you have a surge protector and not a power strip. Joules tells you how much energy the protector can absorb before it no longer works. There may also be an indicator light on your strip that tells you if your device is protecting you. If your unit does have one and the light is off then you are not being protected and need to replace your protector. If you still have the packaging you can simply look for both the UL listing and the Joules rating there.

I hope that answered your question.

]]> Comment on What Is A Surge Protector? by Clement Lam http://reviewsurgeprotector.com/what-is-a-surge-protector.html/comment-page-1#comment-159 Clement Lam Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:38:20 +0000 http:/?p=1#comment-159 Please advise how do I know that the electric outlet (strip) that I bought is 'surge proctected'? Thanks. Please advise how do I know that the electric outlet (strip) that I bought is ’surge proctected’?

Thanks.

]]> Comment on Coaxial Surge Protector – What You Need To Know by James Goody http://reviewsurgeprotector.com/coaxial-surge-protectors.html/comment-page-1#comment-75 James Goody Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:51:42 +0000 http://reviewsurgeprotector.com/?p=143#comment-75 A few months back, there was a terrible electric storm in my neighborhood. It was the kind of storm that knocks out all the power for miles and miles. When the power came back on, I discovered that I had I lost an expensive high definition TV, and a cable box to a lightning strike. The fact that it was only the cable box and the TV that got fried made me suspicious that the surge had come through my coaxial line. After that, I decided that I had to do something to protect my devices, so I bought this coax surge protector by Dayton. Everybody always buys surge protectors for their phone lines, and their power lines, but very few people consider the real danger of a lightning strike damaging your expensive audio video equipment through your cable line. It should be an obvious danger, because if you think about it, your cable gets knocked out by lighting almost as often as your power, and if you watch TV during a storm, the static interference should be a warning that lightning is threatening your equipment. I can't believe I never thought about it before. Buying a new TV, is all it took to convince me to go ahead and purchase one of these things. They're incredibly inexpensive, and the audio video guru's i know say they're very reliable. Having surge protector like this could have probably saved me about 1200 dollars. There are a few different types of coax surge protectors, and this is the one my friends recommended to me. It was easy to install, and it's had no effect on the quality of my TV signal. I feel much more secure now that I know I have this hooked up. If I had realized these things existed, I would have protected my equipment years ago. Anyway you have a great site here with lots of information about surge protectors. Just thought I'd share my story. James A few months back, there was a terrible electric storm in my neighborhood. It was the kind of storm that knocks out all the power for miles and miles. When the power came back on, I discovered that I had I lost an expensive high definition TV, and a cable box to a lightning strike. The fact that it was only the cable box and the TV that got fried made me suspicious that the surge had come through my coaxial line.

After that, I decided that I had to do something to protect my devices, so I bought this coax surge protector by Dayton. Everybody always buys surge protectors for their phone lines, and their power lines, but very few people consider the real danger of a lightning strike damaging your expensive audio video equipment through your cable line. It should be an obvious danger, because if you think about it, your cable gets knocked out by lighting almost as often as your power, and if you watch TV during a storm, the static interference should be a warning that lightning is threatening your equipment. I can’t believe I never thought about it before.

Buying a new TV, is all it took to convince me to go ahead and purchase one of these things. They’re incredibly inexpensive, and the audio video guru’s i know say they’re very reliable. Having surge protector like this could have probably saved me about 1200 dollars. There are a few different types of coax surge protectors, and this is the one my friends recommended to me. It was easy to install, and it’s had no effect on the quality of my TV signal.

I feel much more secure now that I know I have this hooked up. If I had realized these things existed, I would have protected my equipment years ago.

Anyway you have a great site here with lots of information about surge protectors. Just thought I’d share my story.

James

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