On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:46:18 AM UTC-5, Bob_Villa wrote:
On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 7:32:56 AM UTC-6, wrote:

On Monday, February 10, 2014 3:34:29 PM UTC-5, Bob_Villa wrote:



On Monday, February 10, 2014 1:31:37 PM UTC-6, wrote:



...or the plug-ins that you apparently believe work.



...which you apparently believe work.



These "point of use" protectors are also sacrificial...I'm not convinced to the extent of spending $125!

Well if you don't believe NIST, IEEE, physics, etc, not much
we can do about that. This isn't a new area. Protecting eqpt
from lightning surges has been understood and widely deployed for 75
years or more. In the case of Ralph's example, a whole house surge protector
would have likely spared not only the oven, but the other surge
protectors as well. With all the electronics in most appliances
today, it's just not practical to use plug-ins as the main protection.
You can't plug your oven or dishwasher into a plug-in. And unlike
50 years ago, those appliances all have electronics now too. One
board goes in your oven, fridge, furnace, dishwaher, AC, etc and it's
going to cost a lot more than $125.