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
I've heard this before, but never any evidence to substantiate it. I think
the most salient point for us is that we don't get a lot of surges in our
area. We're not exactly a hotbed for lightning and the BPA has things
pretty well regulated.
-wes
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Richard C.
On 09/07/2012 07:33 AM, wes wrote:
I've heard this before, but never any evidence to substantiate it. I think
the most salient point for us is that we don't get a lot of surges in our
area. We're not exactly a hotbed for lightning and the BPA has things
pretty well regulated.
Good points. I
On Sep 7, 2012, at 7:32 AM, Richard C. Steffens rst...@comcast.net 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
On Sep 7, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Louis Kowolowski lou...@cryptomonkeys.org wrote:
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.
How do you determine that they have been hit? Short of a lightning
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Russell Johnson r...@dimstar.net wrote:
On Sep 7, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Louis Kowolowski lou...@cryptomonkeys.org
wrote:
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.
On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 15:56:44 -0700
wes p...@the-wes.com dijo:
At one time PGE offered me a whole house surge protector that would be
installed under the meter. I didn't go for it, but I thought about it.
Wonder if they still offer it and what kind of warranty it comes with.
Unless it has an LED or other indicator of unknown veracity the only
thing that might tip you off it's bad is if the power strip is warmer
than ambient temperature. If it is get rid of it ASAP.
Here's some light reading:
http://www.iaei.org/magazine/2004/03/metal-oxide-varistor-degradation/
http://www.iaei.org/magazine/2004/03/metal-oxide-varistor-degradation/
One more thought, having glimpsed photo 1 at the link above again --
get a power strip with a metal case. Hopefully nothing in the rest of
the article contradicts this advice, but it sure seems like a little
more insurance to
