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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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erik_squires
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Yes, a panel mounted surge protector nearest the incoming power cables is best and has the lowest RL. Worth giving up 2 or 4 slots for. Next is wired, and as close to entrance of service wiring as possible.

The issue is that they are parallel devices that need to move lots of current to keep the voltage at the other breakers down.  High R or L makes them less effective.

12many
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Be cautions with web site reviews that provide links to buy the product.  They make money off the links and hence provide good reviews to products (or only review) that participate in the referral program.  Does not mean the product is not good, but there is a financial motivation with the review.  

erik_squires
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@12many True. OTOH, Wirecutter is literally the only time I’ve seen actual surge testing done by a third party.

Every other review I’ve seen for surge protectors is basically just reading the online specs.

If you do happen to find actual surge testing done by others, please let me know.

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