thanks bud, nice to know that someone out there can read
how on earth he thinks the circut in the apc notebook adapter is exactly the
same as that in a generic power strip is beyond me. it does much more than
generic power strip. it has excellent specs, is from a reputable company,
and is far from a $1.99 power strip made in china. it has it has an
indicator to alert you that it suffered a surge that has rendered it
inoperable unlike generic strips that simple just continue to work without
surge supression givein a false sense of security. apc will replace it for
free if it becomes defective. and unlike lugging around a 6 outlet power
strip with a six foot cord along with your laptop, it neatly plugs in line
to the high voltage side of the notebook ac adapter to further reduce bulk.
don't buy it if you don't want, but i have found them to work great and at
$15 it is very cheap insurance. comes in three prong and two prong models,
get what is appropiate for your laptop's ac acapter.

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On Jan 3, 11:17 pm, "Christopher Muto" wrote:
wtf? i provided a link to the product page that also has a detailed
specification page. it is abundantly clear that you didn't bother to
read
it and that you have no references for the opnions that you offered.

So where is that number for protection from each type of surge?

"Each type of surge" is nonsense. Plug-in suppressors have MOVs
(protection elements) from H-N, H-G, N-G. That is all possible
combinations and all possible surge modes.

Still not provided. Why would you believe you have posted specs? So
many posts and you still don't provide any numbers.

Christopher posted a "link to the product page that also has a detailed
specification page." w just ignores what doesn't fit his beliefs. He
doesn't believe specs exist.

The OP is cautioned about those who _know_ but cannot even post one
manufacturer specification number.

The OP is cautioned about those who claim plug-in suppressors are not
effective but cannot even post one source that supports that claim (as
Christopher pointed out).

Instead learn from telcos who
don't use what Christopher has recommended.

Gee, why wouldn't a telco use a plug-in suppressor for a switch which is
high amps, hard wired, with thousands of telephone circuits that would
have to go through the plug-in suppressor.


w can't even answer simple questions:
- Why do the only 2 examples of protection in the IEEE guide use plug-in
suppressors?
- Why does the NIST guide says plug-in suppressors are "the easiest
solution"?
- Why does the IEEE guide say for distant service points "the only
effective way of protecting the equipment is to use a multiport [plug-in]
protector"?

For real science read the IEEE and NIST guides. Both say plug-in
suppressors are effective.

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