Surge Protector
Sunday, August 17, 2008
, Posted by Anonymous at 1:34 AM
Don't just buy a surge protector and not know why the hell you're getting one in the first place. 6 out of 10 electrical deaths are caused by power problems. In 4 out of 10 cases, computer data loss is from power failure or surges. Surge protectors use metal oxide varistor (MOV) to absorb excess power. MOV will lose their effectiveness after experiencing an extremely large amount of power. This is a vulnerability to make them become ineffective and ultimately a fire hazard in the same way if you were not using a surge protector. Joules are an energy measurement that surge protectors use. An MOV can only take so many joules before it completely fails. When looking at buying a surge protector anything over 200 is "acceptable" with three times that amount being the recommended amount. So, change your surge protectors at regular intervals because their "protector" abilities do not last forever.
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