Do you use a surge protector?

[Kezzer]

i dont, might invest in one of those cheap upc's from ebugger. Wouldent a tripout switch in a house do the job if there was a surge?

A power surge is the cause of the trip switch to knock the power off, it doesn't stop power rampaging through the lines iirc

[Trippledence]

Dont forget the main upside of surge protectors. If you get the right ones then you can have £££££ worth of conected equpiment warenty. At my dads work when they had a big surge all the stupid things failed. But they got all the damaged equpiment replaced. Totaly Free. And new surge protectors.

[Matt1eD]

ebugger doing them real cheap. Dunno if they work!

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=60605

[ANZAC_ELITE]

You could start a business

Anyone use them on your phone line going to your router?

Yes I do, got a big beasty (at work right now and it's at home, can't remember the brand) 6 year warranty, $A60,000 coverage for all devices powered through it. Phone line runs through it as well.

i dont, might invest in one of those cheap upc's from ebugger. Wouldent a tripout switch in a house do the job if there was a surge?

Nope, by the time that trips you've probably had enough voltage to fry your pc, the thing is tolerances, household appliances and trip switches have a higher voltage variance threshold than pcs. With all the money people have invested in their pcs I think it is brainless not to have a good quality surge protector. Sure mine cost $A170 but I can sleep well at night knowing I'm covered.