Do Power supplies have surge protectors?

oregon · 11-18-2007, 02:04 AM

Do power supplies have any sort of surge proctection?

pc-tech · 11-18-2007, 02:27 AM

i dont think so

spanky · 11-18-2007, 02:41 AM

Yes they do but they're completely worthless, only like 200 joules.

paratwa · 11-18-2007, 06:33 AM

Yeah, the surge protectors that are built in are not the best, but usually the protection from brown outs are pretty good, at least on the more expensive ones. They have capacitors that store power and when a brown out happens it is able to supply full voltage for a few milli seconds.

Thats why you should always have your computer plugged into an above average surge protector

dave_w · 11-20-2007, 07:46 AM

"Wow, that storm out there looks pretty bad. Thank God my $2000 home theater and $1500 computer are protected by these $7 Wal-Mart surge protectors!"

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11-18-2007, 02:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
pc-tech banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Berkley Ma Posts: 857	i dont think so

11-18-2007, 06:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
paratwa Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 2,104	Yeah, the surge protectors that are built in are not the best, but usually the protection from brown outs are pretty good, at least on the more expensive ones. They have capacitors that store power and when a brown out happens it is able to supply full voltage for a few milli seconds. Thats why you should always have your computer plugged into an above average surge protector

11-20-2007, 07:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
dave_w Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 188	"Wow, that storm out there looks pretty bad. Thank God my $2000 home theater and $1500 computer are protected by these $7 Wal-Mart surge protectors!"