On Sep 7, 2012, at 7:32 AM, Richard C. Steffens <[email protected]> wrote:
> We bought a used TV yesterday from a couple of brothers getting their > business started. They recommended that we get a surge protector rated > for 3200 joules. Their point was that ordinary surge protectors wear out > quickly, and after catching one or two surges are no longer able to > catch the next big one that comes along. I Googled and found that there > are such beasts, starting around $20 on Amazon. The one I looked at is > 18" x 6" x 2" and has 10 outlets, hence the mention of beasts. I don't > find a joule rating on any of the surge protectors we have in the house. > > So, the question is, are they correct? Are all the surge protectors in > the house probably shot? Is a rating of 3200 joules necessary? > I replace surge protectors once they've been hit. I don't know of any way to determine that they are still good, and they are not expensive. -- Louis Kowolowski [email protected] Cryptomonkeys: http://www.cryptomonkeys.org/~louisk Making life more interesting for people since 1977 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
