Cydrome Leader wrote:
westom wrote:
On Jun 10, 9:10 am, (GregS) wrote:
But, a little Tripplite portable laptop surpressor has a really
high rating in Joules. ??
How many hundred joules? Destructive surges are hundreds of
thousands of joules. How does that Tripplite magically make all that
energy disappear? It doesn't. That $3 power strip with some ten cent
protector parts is selling for how much? Appreciate its purpose.

Go to Lowes. Ask him for the Cutler-Hammer 'whole house' protector
that costs less than $50. That protector (model CHSPMICRO) is for
50,000 amp surges. Don't take my word for it. Read the numeric
specs. It will connect a direct lightning strike harmless to earth if
connected to a breaker box that connects 'less than 10 feet' to earth
ground. Massive energy dissipates harmlessly in earth. That Cutler-
Hammer protector is required to protect the Tripplite.

It is always about where energy dissipates. Why does that Tripplite
numeric specifications not list protection from each type of surge -
in numbers? Because it only claims to protect from surges that are
typically not destructive. How does its hundreds of joules absorb
surges that are hundreds of thousands of joules? Ask bud for those
specs that claim protection from each type of surge. He will never
provide those specs.

A protector is only as effective as its earth ground. Which is why
the Cutler-Hammer protector - about $1 per protected appliance - is
also the superior solution.

bingo.

I'm still amused that people really believe bogus junk surge protector
power strips from china are actually made to any relevant UL rating of any
sort.

"People" - like the 6 electrical engineers that actually work at surge
protection?
Who say in a surge guide from the IEEE that plug-in suppressors are
effective?
And in a surge guide from the NIST that plug-in suppressors are effective?
Do you know of more reliable sources than the IEEE and NIST?

And you still haven't admitted that UL tests the devices it lists?

Still missing - your source that says plug-in suppressors are NOT
effective - just like westom.
And westom has been looking for years.

I can only conclude that you are a Nazi.

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