On Nov 15, 6:39 am, wrote:
w_tom wrote:
Surge protectors have existed for 100 years. UL1449 is 20 years
old. Even with UL1449 safety backup, some protectors create 'scary
pictures' such as the recent building fire on Louis Prang Street in
Boston.

What a complete (and dangerous) BOZO!

salty@dog *knows* without any facts. He denies. That makes him
knowledgeable? UL1449 addressed spark and fire issues in 1987 - long
before the 1996 claim from Bud. In the late 1980s, backup protection
(ie thermal fuses) were installed inside protectors to disconnect the
protector circuit (leave the appliance connected; still exposed to
surges). Still those 'scary picture' problems remain. No insulting
by salty@dog or Bud changes reality. One would locate undersized
devices on a rug or adjacent to a pile of desktop papers? Yes, one
who knows like salty@dog - who knows so well using insults.

Responsible posters including fire departments provide these 'scary
pictures':
http://www.hanford.gov/rl/?page=556&parent=554
http://www.westwhitelandfire.com/Art...Protectors.pdf
http://www.ddxg.net/old/surge_protectors.htm
http://www.zerosurge.com/HTML/movs.html :
http://tinyurl.com/3x73ol or
http://www.esdjournal.com/techpapr/P...OR%20FIRES.doc
http://www3.cw56.com/news/articles/local/BO63312/

In one, protector components are completely removed. Protector
light still says the protector is OK? Where is the honesty?

Learn why plug-in protectors are recommended. salty@dog without a
single technical fact knows it must work. After all, insults prove he
is smarter.

Plug-in protectors are even sold alongside 'high tech' speaker
wire. Both must be better because both are grossly overpriced? Who
sells plug-in protectors? Monster Cable among others. Who sells one
'whole house' protector? Siemens, Cutler-Hammer, Intermatic, GE, etc
The latter sell a type of product even used by your telco in all their
computer centers. Telco does not use Monster Cable products. Telcos
do what salty@dog did not. Learn the technology.

According to salty@dog's insults, Monster Cable is more responsible
than Siemens. That is how plug-in protectors are promoted.

Where are those numeric spec numbers from a plug-in protector
manufacturer that claims protection? Even salty@dog cannot copy and
post those numbers. Why? Manufacturer does not claim to provide that
protection. But salty@dog does?

Who recommends plug-in protectors? Those who prove only by
insults. Provided above are what virtually every high tech factility
does for protection. They don't use plug-in protectors because surge
protection is needed.