surge protector

Lamilia

Lamilia

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I want to know if its true that if lighting strikes and sends a surge to your computer if the surge protector will do anything. Someone told me that surge protectors aren't meant to protect your computer from lighting and if not what are they supposed to do?
 
there suppose to prevent the surge from reaching your computer, im not sure if it just slows the surge down or if it shuts the surge off.
 
have you ever not drank soda for a long time and just drank water and milk then one day you drank a ton of soda thats what i did today. Anyways......does that mean that it would be powerful enough to stop a lighting surge if you got a good one? there's this one that garuntees to protect your pc from a surge or they'll give you $100,000 but if you think about it lighting surges aren't that common so whenever one happens they've already made a ton of money so paying that $100,000 would be nothing because they've probably already made millions.
 
There's no "surge suppressor" available to the average Joe that will stop a direct powerline hit from lightning. Surge suppressors are supposed to divert the normal everyday powerline spikes from light switches, oil burners, refrigerators, etc, causing noise on indoor wiring.
The magic part is called a "varistor". When a blast of juice comes down the power line above a certain voltage, the varistor drastically lowers its resistance and shunts the current down the other wire it's connected to. The problem with varistors is that they eventually wear out, and stop working. It's a good idea to replace a surge suppressor after a big hit (believe me, the smoke will tell you), and perhaps yearly just to be safe.
Tom
 
OvenMaster said:
Surge suppressors are supposed to divert the normal everyday powerline spikes from light switches, oil burners, refrigerators, etc, causing noise on indoor wiring.
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great listing all those things made me feel even worse about not having a surge protector for my PC I guess ill steal the one my tv is using.
 
I dont know if its the same thing, but i think surge protectors can also have a batterie able to withstand ~20 minutes if power is down. you connect your PSU to the surge rotector, and the protector to the plug in the wall.
 
stalex111 said:
I dont know if its the same thing, but i think surge protectors can also have a batterie able to withstand ~20 minutes if power is down. you connect your PSU to the surge rotector, and the protector to the plug in the wall.
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That is UPS, i always thought surge protectors would stop large surges of electricity reaching the connected equipment, therefore protecting it, but they have a limited lifetime
 
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