The Wirecutter has an excellent article (with recommendations) on surge protectors.
They have teardown photos, explain their testing methodology, and go into series mode protectors (SurgeX and ZeroSurge) and whole house protection. They have some nice graphs comparing SurgeX and ZeroSurge. https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-surge-protector/ "Our top pick is the Tripp Lite TLP1008TEL because it stops passing power to your devices when it’s no longer effective at blocking surges.” ($25 from Amazon) “[…] we added the Furman Powerstation 8 as our upgrade pick after it demonstrated the best surge suppression of all the models we tested [….]” ($127 from B&H) wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Feb 21, 2018, at 7:02 AM, Mark Goldberg <marklgoldb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 1:41 AM, Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> > wrote: > >> The ONLY safe place for MOV protection is at the service entrance -- the >> "whole house protector." The only safe protection on a branch circuit >> (that is, anywhere else) is a SERIES MODE protector. Series-mode protectors >> store the surge in a big inductor, then slowly discharge them after the >> surge has ended. They are widely used in pro audio systems, which have many >> interconnections between equipment. That industry uses protectors made by >> Surge-X; a company called Brick Wall is a competitor that focuses on the >> home entertainment market. I use Surge-X units in by home, office, and ham >> station. >> > > What about Zerosurge? They look to be the same technology, but cheaper. > > 73, > > Mark > W7MLG > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
