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I need a good surge protector.

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August 23, 2014 8:41:34 PM

I don't know anything about them. I just know I'd like to have a good one for my computer. There are so many and i don't know what to look for. What makes a good surge protector a good one?

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August 23, 2014 9:02:30 PM

Not using cheap internals. APC has a $100,000 warranty and includes lightning damage. You might also want to consider an uninterruptable power supply since they provide stable electricity for your components with battery backup while also providing surge protection. CyberPower is another good one to look at.
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August 24, 2014 3:33:24 PM

Emerald said:
read those for some information

Read the manufacturer specifications for each of five. How many joules? An adjacent protector can only block or absorb a surge. How do those near zero joules (hundreds, a thousand) absorb a surge that is hundreds of thousands of joules? It doesn't. How does its 2 centimeter protector part stop what three kilometers of sky could not?

Facilities that cannot have damage do not use these ineffective devices. These devices are for surges that are typically made irrelevant by protection already inside all electronics. OP's concern is a completely different type of surge that typically overwhelmed that existing protection.

So, where do hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly dissipate? Any useful solution will say so. Hearsay will recommend protectors without even saying why it will work. Those recommendations are classic examples of "It will protect because it is called a surge protector." Nonsense.

Protection means a surge does not enter a building. Then hundreds of thousands of joules dissipate harmlessly outside. Then no surge current is inside hunting for earth destructively via household appliances. Nothing will block this other and typically destructive surge - no mattery how many recommend protectors that claim to do so. Those recommended protectors will not even discuss this other and destructive surge.

Facilities that can never have damage always use a 'whole house' solution. Some protection systems do not even use protectors. But every protection layer is defined only by what harmlessly absorbs hundreds of thousands of joules. Earth ground. Then nobody even knew a surge existed.

How to identify ineffective protectors and completely different and effective devices (that unfortunately share a same name)? Plug-in protectors do not make a low impedance (ie 'less than 10 foot') connection to earth. Another and effective solution no only has that dedicated wire to earth. It even provides a number that claims effective protection. Direct lightning strikes can be 20,000 amps. So a minimal 'whole house' protector is 50,000 amps. Because effective protectors even connect direct lightning strikes harmlessly to earth. Remain functional. And cost tens of times less money than those above recommended protectors ... that do not claim to protect from typically destructive surges.

View spec numbers for a UPS. It claims to absorb less joules. Why is that better protection? Hearsay ignores specifications.

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