>At 11:19 PM -0700 8/14/01, David Allen wrote:
>>The only surge protector that protects against lightning is to be
>>unplugged from
>>the wall. (including modems, etc.) A surge protector can not stop the surge
>>caused by a lightning strike and the circuit breaker takes miliseconds to pop
>>after the surge has passed through to the computers.
>
>Although I would tend to agree with this, how can some of these
>relatively cheap surge protector / power strips offer tens of
>thousands of dollars compensation for damaged equipment caused by
>their failed device?
How many people will even think of the power strip warranty when looking at
zorched equipment?
Check the warranty on one of the power strips. Odds are it doesn't cover
much. Many warranties are designed to protect the manufacturers bottom
line.
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