My Surge Protectector Is Not Grounded Do I Still Have Protection?

Well my house is about 80 years old and im not sure when the last time the wiring was redone but all the sockets in the house are 2 prong except in the bathrooms because they were recently redone. I have a surge protector and I used a 3 to 2 converter and tried grounding the wire off the converter to the...

DEHNpatch Lightning and Surge Protection Device from Extreme Safety

Enjoy this short introduction to the DEHNpatch data surge protection Device (SPD) from DEHN & Söhne and Extreme Safety. The DEHNpatch is perfect for secondary protection on data cabling, ADSL, VOIP and Ethernet Cables from lightning strikes (lightning protection Zones 1 2). The DEHNpatch is capable of...

How do I use a surge protection?

You don’t "use" it, it’s passive. If your computer is plugged into a power strip with a surge protector or has one of its own on its power cable, it’s already active. Even so, it’s a good idea to unplug your computer during severe...

The light on my surge protection extension plug is flashing, should i be worried?

I have a surge protection extension plug (its roughly 2yrs old) it has two lights … A red light to show the power running through the extention plug and a Green light to show the surge protection. Yesterday i noticed that the Green light wasnt on (not sure how long it had been that way) and the red...

Do GFCI outlets provide surge protection for equipment?

they may say they do but do NOT depend on them alone…they are designedmore to prevent damage to your electrical panel than anyhting...

Looking for Surge Protection to cover the Home?

Looking for a viable solution to provide spike and surge protection for my home. Something centrally located with the main Circuit breaker then having individual units/items for each component be it computer equipment, hifi electronics, etc in various rooms. Can anyone shed some light on the...

Socket Sense Expandable 6-Outlet Surge Protector

For More Info or to Buy Now: http://www.hsn.com/redirect.aspx?id=il&url=http%3A//www.hsn.com/cnt/prod/default.aspx%3Fpfid%3D387318&afsrc=1&sourceid=youtube&cm_mmc=advsvc*youtube*na*387318 Trying to make sense of a mess of cables and bulky wall warts? The Socket Sense Expandable 6-Outlet Surge...

Surge Protector

Tim Carter, of http://AsktheBuilder.com, suggests whole-house and point-of-use surge protectors to protect your home from power spikes Duration : 0:1:37 (more…) Technorati Tags: ask, builder, carter, house, lightning, point, Power, protection, surge, tim, use,...

Is 300 joules enough surge protection for an appliance?

Looking to buy a surge protector for a fridge, a freezer, and a microwave. Yes, for your fridge and freezer, 300 joules is plenty. Those appliances typically do not have electronic devices in them that are sensitive to voltage spikes. The microwave should have one rated higher, in the range of 500 or more to...

Power Protection Systems- Spend Less and Save a Lot

Power protection systems are offered to protect your electrical equipments including computers and many others from power problems as there is an assortment of risks involved in electrical equipment. There are various types of power problems can damage your PC as well as other electrical equipments....