On Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 2:02:36 PM UTC-4, westom wrote:
On Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 1:25:57 PM UTC-4, trader_4 wrote:
... people may not be able to put in a whole house surge
protector. In a rental house or apartment, for example.
For them, plug-ins, while not being as good as a tiered
solution, do offer some amount of reasonable protection.
Apparently Martzloff, who you cite, agrees.

If trader_4 knew anything about surge protection, then he knew electric companies install (rent) a 'whole house' protector behind the meter.

If WTom knew anything at all, he's know that what one utility
offers in some places in the country does not mean that all utilities
do it everywhere. Nor does it negate the need for multi-port plug-ins
on devices that need it, eg TV, PC, etc.

That solution was available even 20 years ago. Why does he not know that? His entire knowledge comes from two subjective citations.


Well now, that's a classic. He dismisses the two guides to surge
protection in the home, one written by MArtzloff, who Wtom selectively
cites, the other by 4 engineers who are surge protection experts.
He calls them "subjective citations". NIST? IEEE? really?
And no, my entire knowledge doesn't come from those two guides,
but those two guides are consistent with the rest of my knowledge.


Why does he not post numbers? No numbers are in those citations.

Actually those guides have a lot of numbers in them if you'd
actually read them and learn.