How do you know if surge protection is still OK after a year or two? This unit does not have a protection working light some some do to let you know that the MOV's or other components have been used up.
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I trust products from APC. Their stuff is top notch and is made in the USA.
515696
Hi, If there are no devices connected to the surge protector, the Protected light would be off. It would just turn on if there are some devices connected to it. However, if there are no lights are turned on from the surge protector even though there are devices connected to it then it means that there's a problem with the surge protector. Thanks, Belkin Support http://www.belkin.com/us/support
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I hope it is an old picture as the date would make the units usefulness questionable in 4 months. When I revived mine it had a date about 5 years down the line. I can't verify the date as the unit is in service and screwed to the wall. E-mail the vendor and ask what the date is on the current units.
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Check for a warranty, if you would be organized enough to claim on it. FWIW, we had extremely good service out of the ones we bought years and years ago. Not sure if manufacturing has changed. My child was a toddler when we bought them, and he's almost out of the teen years old now. A few times through all those years, we've noticed a few bugs and unplugged it and plugged it in and it's started working again; or plugged it in for a couple of weeks in a different area of this house when I started seeing a few bugs in far flung areas. (My limit is 3 bugs before I react.) We JUST ordered a replacement for one unit. I started seeing a few bugs this Summer. The lights on the unit were not acting as they had in the past. (There's a pattern to the lights if you watch it.) This time, unplugging it did not reset it -- not sure if it finally failed or if that unit got hit by lightning. This time, the electronics guy here said it had really failed. Of course, with any electronics, no telling if the newer made units are manufactured elsewhere or with different components. So I can't predict quality of the newer units. It's worth a try imo because two of these units have kept my large house bug-free (other than spiders in the ceiling and ants coming in the back door), never sprayed any insecticides, for... 16 - 18 yrs? I hope the new units give as good service! (Said engineer is going to open the failed unit up and see if it's simply a capacitor or something repairable when he gets time. Just curiosity. The schematics are available online now if you search for the patent. But we just went ahead and bought a new unit. )
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I don't remember how long the warrantee lasts. The green light went out on mine and Intermatic replaced it. It is my understanding that when a surge protector is tripped it is no longer reliable and often broken. Therefore it doesn't have a reset. Plug in surge protectors serve two purposes, overload protection and surge protection. The reset is for the overload protection.
515697
Hi,If there are no devices connected to the surge protector, the Protected light would be off. It would just turn on if there are some devices connected to it. However, if there are no lights are turned on from the surge protector even though there are devices connected to it then it means that there's a problem with the surge protector.Thanks,Belkin Supporthttp://www.belkin.com/us/support
767984
Hello,I had my surge protector for over 6 months now and I can tell you that I has saved my electronics several times. I live in Tampa Florida where lightening is quite common. The equipment has been helpful keeping my electronics (tv, computer, home theater ) in good working condition. I heard of neighbors having issues with some electronics due to the lightening. Therefore , I give this product thumbs up. Thanks
1655375
The APC surge protector is a fail safe device. It is unusable after a surge. IT destroys it self to protect your equipment.
705715
if you here a mum please check to see if it had a lightening strike. Thats what happen to ours. It took the strike and saved the entertainment system. We relaced it with another Monster Power strip.
119301
Yes, eventually. Surge protectors work by shunting voltage spikes to ground through an MOV. Eventually the metal oxide varistor fails, usually by burning open or shorting. At that point the device needs to be replaced.
2230005
I have the same unit for about a year and haven't had any issues. Are you having power surges?
433344
Don't have an answer for you, just think its interesting. We have really liked our system and bought it just over 2 years ago but it decided to just stop working all together today, no power at all. and it has been working great just today even. this is one of those times I wish I had bought the extended warranty, funny how the one you don't get it for is the one that quits working. Oh well. If anyone knows a fix let me know please. already checked all the connections and like I said was working fine earlier in day.
767983
Hello, I had my surge protector for over 6 months now and I can tell you that I has saved my electronics several times. I live in Tampa Florida where lightening is quite common. The equipment has been helpful keeping my electronics (tv, computer, home theater ) in good working condition. I heard of neighbors having issues with some electronics due to the lightening. Therefore , I give this product thumbs up. Thanks
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IF the Red light comes on when you FIRST plug it in...your house wiring ground is OK IF the light goes OUT after a time, you have taken a surge big enough that it has FAILED, and you will need to replace it. FYI-When I lived and worked in Pinellas County Florida (Lightning capital of the USA), I would have one or two of these fail every year. In the 5 years since I retired and have been back in WPA. All are still going strong. (I have 8 new spares still.) I am amazed, because West Penn Power doesn't have half the system lightning protection as in Florida, AND the protection I can BUY through them for my service entrance is a joke at best. I bought $400 worth of Motorola protection for my service entrance. Well woth it, as I am high up (2,400 ft) have lightning rods on the house, and have surges come in on my power lines from time to time during thunderstorms. Being 6.8 miles from the sub station that feeds us, causes most of these problems, as that's a LOT of antenna wire for a lightning hit. These Tripp Lite cube's are CHEAP & good. All my discrete electronics have one per unit. You can NOT plug a strip line with 6 or more outlets into it. It's only rated at 15 amps, draw more than that & you WILL kill the cube real fast!
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I have been fortunate enough not to have the surge protector do it's intended job. I just looked at the unit and noticed that it does not have a reset, test like a ground fault circuit interrupter. I have a hunch that if the alarm is triggered un-plugging and re-plugging the unit will reset it. The device is cheap enough to protect your expensive appliances, I would have no problem buying another one if there was a problem with the actual device.Hope this helps.JerryO
925709
We have it for over three years and have no problems at all and we still love it. I would say yes, call the manufacturer. Maybe it got plugged?
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I don't know about this specific problem I have had my unit for 2+ years and never had an issue.