Good point about the extensions. However, I am under the impression that none of the UPS or surge protector manufacturers would actually pay a claim for power related damage regardless of the connection. When I researched this issue several years ago I discovered the UPS and surge protector manufacturers greatly depreciated the value of connected equipment so the UPS or surge protector warranty is actually unusable. This is why the advertising has outlandish claims of high value protection. The equipment owner is left with trying to collect through homeowner's insurance, but that solution would only work in event of a major catastrophe due to the deductible.
I simply assume that I will be responsible for replacement of my equipment. Two of my APC UPSes have an LCD. The display has been a good information source during a brownout or power surge. A few months ago I noticed very infrequent power surges where the AC line reached 185V. This occurred maybe once a week. I had no idea what was causing it. Then one day a power transformer for my street failed. After it was replaced I had no more voltage spikes. The UPS handled the high voltage well, protecting everything. Mark W5KXX From: Ian Kahn - Ham [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 5:07 PM To: Mark Kopec Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Surge Protection Just as an FYI for everyone, using any type of extension device to go from an outlet/device to a UPS typically nullifies any warranty the UPS manufacturer offers. If you use an extension device (cord, surge protector, etc.) there is no way to know if any power-related damage to your device happened because of UPS failure or the failure of some other device in the chain. I've dealt with this often in my 18 years' work in IT. --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua [email protected] K3 #281, P3 #688 HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
