Does this allow power thru after a surge disables the protective circuitry?
194967
APC technical support says "Our devices are made with a "fail open" surge protection method, meaning that a surge too large comes through with too big of a rush to compromise the unit, a switch inside will remain open, which will prevent further current to come through to the machine. Essentially, the unit will sacrifice itself to protect your equipment." and "Because of this "fail safe" we do have a Equipment protection policy on these units, meaning that if for whatever reason your equipment was damaged by result of a surge when using our product, you can send the unit in. After testing the unit, if it is discovered our unit is at fault, we will pay for the market value of the damaged equipment, up to the value listed under "Equipment protection policy" on the product page." Look for the "SurgeArrest" brand, and the equipment protection policy. APC also has this fail safe on all their (recent) UPS units. The model P11VNT3, aka "APC Performance SurgeArrest 11 Outlet with Phone (Splitter), Coax and Ethernet Protection, 120V" has the SurgeArrest fail safe, all power is blocked by a thermal fuse after the unit is hit by a too-large surge.
194968
Mine just surged and it no longer works at all, even as a simple unprotected power strip like others I've had in the past
375008
No. It is three-pronged. Which means it is a grounded plug. The third prong is for safety If you use it with an adapter, it will disable the. circuit protection and safety feature if an electrical surge comes through.
372043
Hi Brad, this is a very simple type of protector; shuts off the power when ground faults are present. It offers offers 510 Joules of surge protection and will shut off the power at the pedestal when power is too high or low. Requires manual reset after a ground fault. I'm not sure if it will cut off power (you shouldn't be able to reset the protector) if the poles are improperly wired. I think it is a very inexpensive protection for 30 AMP service RVs. Tom
1452312
No it does not, it's just a strip with a on/off switch and a circuit breaker. I run mine off a APC smart ups unit and SurgeX noise/surge suppressor connected to the mains
1614597
If you're concerned about "sensitive electronic equipment", run them through an APC/UPC power-protection-battery-backup-surge-protection unit. You probably are using one of those anyway, in your house, with your computer equipment?.. to protect against power surges and power-off-situations? That should help provide stable power for whatever you're using.
1113685
When switched off, no power gets to your appliance, so I cannot see how a power surge would effect the appliance. However, the Belkin switch may be *fried* after a power surge.
1922723
These units provide no automatic shutdown of loads protected. Not sure what you meant by the rest of te question but I'm guessing you are asking if it responds to both low and high voltage levels.These type units pass all voltage through normally except that in case of short term extreme high voltage (lighting striking a pole-top transformer or utility lines are crossed), it clamps, or snips off the top of the spike, to reduce the risk to connected appliances during the surge.So no affect on low voltage/brownouts, but steady output during momentary over voltage...
1637818
I don't have an answer for you. My guess is your unit is "fried". I had two friends who had surge protector power strips, not Sidesocket, catch fire. I'm glad they were home!
157328
Actually, that's a good question! In other words, once a surge is encountered does, #1: the device re-function as an electrical line connection?, and, #2: does it re-function as a surge protector? I honestly can't for sure answer either one of those questions. I usually use these devices, in-line with other surge protection, and once in a while use them in the field, for my laptop computers as the primary surge protection. So, insofar as the field work is concerned, I really don't know if I've ever encountered a surge to test the efficiency of the protection, ie re-function of the device?!
1282772
The product description claims that the strip offers over-current protection, though I have not had any power surges that have tested the strip. I currently have it plugged into a surge protector and I am having no problems.
1315694
It does, but unless there are circuit boards in your appliances, there is no need for surge protection. Motors of fridges and other large appliances handle surges just fine, typically. Surge protection is meant for finer electronics that cannot handle fluctuations. Large ac motors can just fine. And remember, surge protection is NOT lightning protection.
442947
Yes, it does, should there be a surge it would stop at the chip not damage your items.
2052212
I have has this unit for about 3 years...protecting my computers, etc. I has shut down during a surge. No equipment has been damaged as a result of having this APC unit in place.
1070053
The SYCOM whole house surge protector can do both. I installed one on my circuit breaker box will little trouble. I haven't yet had a lightning strike or surge, so I haven't had the opportunity to see it work.
1799066
I don't know for certain but I would expect that would happen. If the power surge is large enough to disable/destroy other electronics in your house then I suspect it would damage this device as well.
715019
When a surge hit my house this unit cut power to all the connected DVDs, tv, a/v units, etc. You can reset the unit with the front button.
1663198
Yes, all circuits in one panel. Valuable electronics should still be locally protected by a good surge suppressor strip.