w_tom wrote:


Second, that plug-in protector is too far from earth AND is hoping
to earth via a wire bundled with other wires. Just two in a long list
of reasons why a power strip protector does not even claim (in
numerical specifications) protection from surges that would cause
damage. The length of that earthing wire (a short distance to earth
and a significantly long distance between computer and surge
protector) has long been necessary for effective protection.


Complete bullcrap.

Manufacturer specs for protection are readily available for plug-in
suppressors.

Both the IEEE guide on surges and surge protection at:
http://www.mikeholt.com/files/PDF/Li...ion_May051.pdf
and the NIST guide at:
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/p.../surgesfnl.pdf
say that plug-in suppressors are effective.

Plug-in suppressors, as explained in the IEEE guide, work primarily by
clamping the voltage on all wires (power and signal) to the common
ground at the suppressor. They do not work primarily by earthing.

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