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lightning / surge protectors
Aug. 2nd, 2005 02:14 pmThe storm last night was cool.
Made me rethink my surge protection. I have a bunch of electronic toys that are all hooked up together, and if there's one hole in the perimiter they could all go in one lightning strike. I guess. I suspect one of the most common holes that people just don't think about is surge protecting the cable / phone line coming into their cable / dsl modem. Yes, you can get those kinds of surge protectors.
My coax runs through an APC surge protector that I picked up at Home Depot. It's marketed for home theater use.
This surge protector does both coax and phone lines for $25: APC Home/Office SurgeArrest 8 Outlet with Tel2/Splitter and Coax Protection
If you go to their main site, http://www.apcc.com/ and start clicking, country, home, computers, NEMA 5-15R, 6 outlets, home electronics, coax... it's a nice way to find a surge protector that'll do everything you need. And American Power Conversion makes good stuff, with nice warrenties. Both of the large beige lead blocks in my diningroom are APC UPSes. It's been.. many years since the last time I wasn't actively using some APC surge protection device.
Here's a 7 outlet APC power strip with coax surge protection for $22: http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=311368
Made me rethink my surge protection. I have a bunch of electronic toys that are all hooked up together, and if there's one hole in the perimiter they could all go in one lightning strike. I guess. I suspect one of the most common holes that people just don't think about is surge protecting the cable / phone line coming into their cable / dsl modem. Yes, you can get those kinds of surge protectors.
My coax runs through an APC surge protector that I picked up at Home Depot. It's marketed for home theater use.
This surge protector does both coax and phone lines for $25: APC Home/Office SurgeArrest 8 Outlet with Tel2/Splitter and Coax Protection
If you go to their main site, http://www.apcc.com/ and start clicking, country, home, computers, NEMA 5-15R, 6 outlets, home electronics, coax... it's a nice way to find a surge protector that'll do everything you need. And American Power Conversion makes good stuff, with nice warrenties. Both of the large beige lead blocks in my diningroom are APC UPSes. It's been.. many years since the last time I wasn't actively using some APC surge protection device.
Here's a 7 outlet APC power strip with coax surge protection for $22: http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=311368
