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- Path: sparky!uunet!boulder!colorado.edu!ejh
- From: ejh@khonshu.colorado.edu (Edward J. Hartnett)
- Subject: surge suppresors - what does all this jargon mean?
- Message-ID: <EJH.93Jan25153204@khonshu.colorado.edu>
- Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet)
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- Organization: CIRES, University of Colorado
- Date: 25 Jan 93 15:32:04
- Lines: 44
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- I'm in the market for a surge suppresor/power supply type thing, and
- the jargon is a little confusing. Since I live in Boulder Colorado
- (LOTS of lightning in the spring), and I'll have a good amount of $$$
- worth of computers plugged in, this is important. On the other hand, I
- don't want to waste a lot of money.
-
- Some of these babies in computer shopper say they provide EMI/RFI
- protection, some come right out and say surge protection. Can I assume
- that those that don't mention surges don't protect against them? I
- assume that the EMI/RFI stuff just protects against minor EM and RF
- interference, but not against something light lightning. Is that true?
-
- I want to also protect my phone line. Does anyone know where I can get
- a good protector for that as a stand-alone thing? Any reason not to
- install it right where the phone lines come into my house? (Why not
- protect my expensive cordless phone too, right?)
-
- I have an ad here for a surge protector for $70 which is one of those
- things you put under your monitor and has switches for all your
- devices and plugs on the back. It includes a phone jack surge
- protector, and also a volt-meter built in that shows the line voltage
- all the time. I like this feature. Is this a good price? Anyone else
- ever hear onf one of these things with a voltmeter? Anywhere else I
- can get one?
-
- My boss bought a surge suppresor for work that says it protects aginst
- spikes of up to 6000 volts. Is that standard? Too little? Too much?
-
- Also it says it filters EMI/RFI on all three lines (hot, neutral, and
- ground). Is that typical? Should I look for this feature in whatever I
- buy?
-
- One final question. Would I be better off buying two cheap ones and
- hook them up in series with my computer? It seems to me this would
- give the maximum protection. Am I wrong?
-
-
- Please email your replies and I'll post a summary. Thanks.
- --
- Don't blame me, I voted against Amendment 2!
-
- Edward Hartnett ejh@khonshu.colorado.edu
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