On Apr 30, 3:10 pm, wrote:
Maybe he taken a hiatus after the right propper whopping he got here
last week. I thought it was hillarious after he derided the makers
of plug-in surge protectors and then gave us his list of "real
companies", like Intermatic, GE, Leviton, etc., that were experts at
it. Only problem was, all of the companies on his list sell plug-in
ones too.

Trader ignored a reply that corrected his misconceptions. I, too,
would sell plug-in protectors to 'experts' who never learned how
electricity works. If one wants to stay ignorant, then I, too, would
be happy to reap profits from their ignorance. But, effective
protectors are sold only by companies with high reputations. Trader
never understood that part.

Some are foolish as to believe APC, Tripplite, Belkin, and Monster
Cable are responsible manufacturers. Effective 'whole house'
protectors are sold by GE, Leviton, Square D, Siemens, Cutler-Hammer,
Keison, and Intermatic - to name but a few. APC, Tripplite, Belkin,
and Monster Cable don't sell effective protectors. Their products do
not even claim to provide protection. But those who know using
insults would also recommend those APC, et al protectors. I would
also sell trader the Brooklyn Bridge should he remain that naive.

Well, this 'sound byte' is already too long for those to know only
by attacking the messenger. Others who would spend tens of times less
money to have significant protection can easily identify the scam
protector.
1) It has no dedicated earthing wire.
2) Its manufacturer does not discuss earthing.
3) It does not claim protection from each type of surge in
manufacturer spec numbers.
All three points identify every protector from APC, Belkin, Tripplite,
and Monster Cable. A grocery store protector is the same ineffective
protector circuit selling for a smaller profit. At a profit?
Equivalent to that profitable $7 protector is a circuit inside that
$150 Monster Cable protector. Higher price means better protection?
Yes, when one would also buy the Brooklyn Bridge. Protection in a $150
Monster Cable product is equivalent to that $7 grocery store
protector. Both protectors make the same protection claims in numeric
specs.

Responsible lurkers ignore the insults; instead learn facts. Every
responsible engineering source defines what the effective protector
does: divert a surge into earth where energy is harmlessly
dissipated. Numerous above posters claim a surge protector somehow
absorbs energy that even three miles of sky could not stop. Does that
silly little one inch part stop what three miles of sky could not?
Many posters believe that myth.

An earthed 'whole house' protector means surge energy gets
dissipated harmlessly in earth AND protector remains functional after
a direct lightning strike. Effective protection means nobody knows a
surge even existed. Did you grasp that technical reality - or know
only because others have posted insults? A protector is only as
effective as its earth ground. Three point are provided to quickly
indentify the ineffective (highly profitable) protectors.