@erik_squires Yes. As I read further, it appears that nothing gives protection in the event of an actual lightning strike. Storms in the area are best handled by unplugging your system. Cheers.
Surge protector
This morning we had a power surge. First one I ever experienced. It knocked out the sub woofer components of my GoldenEar Triton one speakers. In my ignorance I had them plugged into the wall rather than a surge protector. Soooo it blew the amplifiers in the sub woofers. It’s going to be a costly proposition: $500 for the amplifiers plus God knows how much the dealer is going to charge for coming to my house. (He’s very reluctant to do it, wants me to lug the 80 lbs speakers to the store.
Meanwhile, I’m having to listen to bass-less speakers for the foreseeable future.
So, the moral of the story is plug everything into a surge protector.
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@wharfy We've discussed Brickwall /Zerosurge, above. I'd suggest you look at the Wirecutter article for pros and cons. |
@bigtwin Never said otherwise, but most damaging surges are not direct, and I'm definitely not home about 80% of the time there's lightning around the home. |
You are saying UPS automatically does surge protection? I just got the Trip-Lite Isobar. From what I understand Surge Protector Power Strip 1700J Protection does not offer surge protection but Tripp-Lite does because something to do wit the 3 status lights |
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