Can this unit be plugged into a surge protector strip for a second layer of surge protection?
915065
Never plug a power backup unit such as this into a protector strip. It can cause power surges and other issues.
915066
In case people ever come back to read this, you should NEVER connect a surge protector into any surge protected UPS. This is because it causes a ground loop in the wiring, in which the smaller surge protector is constantly triggered into thinking there is a power outage, ever though there isn't one. What this does is causes power spiking across the entire power strip, which can damage the UPS, your connected devices, and errors across your devices due to lower than optimal power ratings. Buy non-surge protected power strips if you need more ports for your UPS.
915067
There is no reason that it cannot. Since installing this unit I have installed a whole house surge protector and both work fine.
1818459
Manufacture knows best. But for sure each world zone has it's own electrical receptacle . Having this add on to the surge protector's grounded plug, if the manufacture says as it's ok, you'll be ok.
743811
No, but if one unit is plugged into the lower outlet of a duplex wall socket, another cord can be plugged in above. One could plug a short power strip into just one unit. Or, a very short cord, such as used to connect power supplies to a power strip, could connect the second unit to the duplex. I have just done both.
1461645
I have "whole-house" surge protection so I wasn't concerned with the capability of this unit. However, since you asked, I went back to the instructions that came with the unit. Under "Protections" it states: "USB circuits are equipped with over-load and short-circuit protections." That's it.
1318825
If there 2 separate panels coming off the service connect then yes. The surge could travel to the unprotected panel The only way to get away with one is if you had a sub panel since it is being fed from the first panel.
930353
It can with ease, but I would advise not doing so, since this power strip has no surge protection.
1400207
I do not know. I have a computer on mine. and the power surge protector underneath.
1530009
Yes. You cannot use a standard surge protector because there would be no place to plug the fence wire into a standard protector. This protector has saved me once in the past year, it protected the fence when we took a direct hit. The surge protector was fried but the system was fine. Petsafe replaced the surge protector free of charge. It sucked paying $30 (now I see it is $21) for this, but I would definitely recommend this device for your system.
2038897
This power strip has minor surge protection. I would not depend on this to protect anything important. I've used it plugged into another surge protector and then used the ends to plug the wall warts for things like my cell phone, tablet, and laptop which don't all like to plug into normal power strips so easily. This is good for devices that have fat wall wart transformers.
687056
Yes I have a surge protector power strip for each of the adapters to plug into and the power strip is plugged into the wall.
569858
Yes. Its basically a plug with a on/off switch on the side. You could plug a surge protector into it but why not flip the surge protector switch off? According to the box its rated for 120v / 15A /60Hz /1800w so you just don't want to exceed that.
1933037
Yes, that's true. If you plug it into a surge protector it will not work properly, if at all.
848262
I have one plugged up into a multi-outlet surge protector and have not had an issue.
1377559
I think the surge protection would apply to all outlet including the USB. I use one of the USB port for a MagicJack Plus and it works fine although it sticks out of the wall a little bit.
1672946
You could tie it into a 240VAC circuit breaker that is already n use. Anything on the line should be protected but may get more surge than one of the other lines. I have mine on a separate breaker and the breaker blew when the surge hit so there might be some backlash from the surge protector. Idea;y i would put in another circuit breaker, but piggy-backing on an existing line would definitely be better than not having the surge protector at all.
1252492
This is only a plug adapter, it is not a transformer. Therefore, while it will allow you to plug any 3-prong or 2-prong US electrical device into it, it will still give you the power of the host receptacle. If your power strip/surge protector is designed to work with the type of power in the host receptacle, then this will do what you want.
1780221
Yes, the surge protector will still work (although double check the surge protector's warranty coverage to be sure that you don't void it by using one, if that's an issue). The only potential issue is that if you plug too many things into a single socket you may trip a circuit breaker if you are attempting to draw too much power.