You don't want to protect this masterpiece you're putting together with a $19.95 surge protector. Get an APC or Tripp Lite battery back-up. I moved to the sticks where the power brownouts and two-second outages happen almost weekly. After losing multiple router ports, I put everything important on 400w or greater battery back-ups and never regretted it.
Size-wise, for your new rig, think battery size matched to your power supply draw. Cause outages suck!
Edit: Remember to protect your router and Internet connection too, cause a surge can come up into your PC through your CAT5 too!
Originally posted by zeeblebotSurge protector is nothing more than inline resistors. They will wear out from repeated surges and ultimately provide zero protection without changing in appearance in any way so you don't know your thousand dollar gizmo is sitting there waiting to turn into rubbish with the next zap.
i remember when my aunt's modem went out. i took it apart and a tiny little surface-mount coil had been smoked due to lightning strike.
do surge protectors work with UPS's? suspenders AND belt ...
We want Huck's new PC to last him awhile, now don't we?
Originally posted by sbacatYes we do. I'm be on €5 steam games for the next few years, and i want it to be running when borderlands becomes cheap enough to buy 🙂
Surge protector is nothing more than inline resistors. They will wear out from repeated surges and ultimately provide zero protection without changing in appearance in any way so you don't know your thousand dollar gizmo is sitting there waiting to turn into rubbish with the next [b]zap.
We want Huck's new PC to last him awhile, now don't we?[/b]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varistor
What varistors don't do
Some consumers assume that a MOV inside a TVSS device provides equipment with complete power protection. Unfortunately, an MOV device and other types of surge suppressors provide no protection for the connected equipment from sustained over-voltages that may result in damage to that equipment as well as to the protector device. A potential fire hazard also exists.
A varistor provides no equipment protection from inrush current surges (during equipment startup), from overcurrent (created by a short circuit), or from voltage sags (also known as a brownout). A varistor neither senses nor controls such events. Susceptibility of electronic equipment to these other power disturbances is defined by equipment design. Protection from these power disturbances is installed inside that equipment or is provided by other external devices such as an UPS, some voltage regulators and Surge Protectors with built in overvoltage protection that make use of a voltage sensing circuit and a relay for disconnecting the AC input when voltage reaches a danger threshold.
Originally posted by sbacati dunno. if he doesn't care about it, why should we?
Surge protector is nothing more than inline resistors. They will wear out from repeated surges and ultimately provide zero protection without changing in appearance in any way so you don't know your thousand dollar gizmo is sitting there waiting to turn into rubbish with the next [b]zap.
We want Huck's new PC to last him awhile, now don't we?[/b]
Originally posted by zeeblebotYeah, but I said mine in English... 😉
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varistor
What varistors don't do
Some consumers assume that a MOV inside a TVSS device provides equipment with complete power protection. Unfortunately, an MOV device and other types of surge suppressors provide no protection for the connected equipment from sustained over-voltages that may result in damage to that equipm ...[text shortened]... ing circuit and a relay for disconnecting the AC input when voltage reaches a danger threshold.
Originally posted by zeeblebotWhere in what i've posted did you garner that i didn't care? Posting $19.95 might've seemed like a funny response, but failed in two main ways...one, i don't live in the US, so a dollar price for a surge protector is of no use to me, and probably isn't acurate if transfered into euro, and two - posting what i already know as if it's the rosetta stone looks sarcastic. It's also the electronic equivilant of shutting the gate when the horse has bolted.
i dunno. if he doesn't care about it, why should we?
Believe me, i will be prepared for the next rig to be protected.
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundI think he was kdding but forgot his winkie icon doodad.
Where in what i've posted did you garner that i didn't care?
Believe me, i will be prepared for the next rig to be protected.
I argued with the wife for years we needed to put battery back-ups on everything critical and she kept saying how long will the power stay on? I'd tell her less than half an hour and that wasn't good enough. If it won't stay on the rest of the day then what's the point? What's the point? It's to protect all this electronic stuff we have and give you time to shut it down properly. Nope, not good enough. Too expensive, can't afford it.
But then the power burped while I was at work and killed a router port so she was without Internet until I got home to switch CAT5 around. We had battery back-ups the next day.
We love our women...don't we?
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundI wouldn't be so sure about those little buggars. They are on the rise in England, big time. Mainly due to changing pest control methods, they are booming in the London area. The problem is rapidly spreading to other cities in England. Check your beds if you stay at any hotels. Those little b******s are ferocious.
Nope. I come from the UK where power surges are like Polio, or bed bugs. Never thought i'd have to go back to the stoneage and get one.
Originally posted by sbacathard drive could crash, never to return ...
I think he was kdding but forgot his winkie icon doodad.
I argued with the wife for years we needed to put battery back-ups on everything critical and she kept saying how long will the power stay on? I'd tell her less than half an hour and that wasn't good enough. If it won't stay on the rest of the day then what's the point? What's the point? It's to prot ...[text shortened]... T5 around. We had battery back-ups the next day.
We love our women...don't we?
Originally posted by huckleberryhound$19.95 = E 13.32
Where in what i've posted did you garner that i didn't care? Posting $19.95 might've seemed like a funny response, but failed in two main ways...one, i don't live in the US, so a dollar price for a surge protector is of no use to me, and probably isn't acurate if transfered into euro, and two - posting what i already know as if it's the rosetta ston ...[text shortened]... he horse has bolted.
Believe me, i will be prepared for the next rig to be protected.
http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=USD;to=EUR;amt=19.95