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  1. lbohen

    Does My Tenant's Sub-panel Need a Surge Protector?

    Our farm has a main 200 amp panel in the barn which services the barn, an addition to the barn with an apartment, an herb-gardening facility, and our house. The 200 amp panel has a whole house surge protector on it. My herb-gardening tenant installed a sub-panel from the 200 amp panel, so she...
  2. N

    Better?: Canadian surge bar with UK Plugs paired wit

    Hi, I hope you are all doing well. I have original UK samsung, apple and Huawei plugs and would like to know which combination of plugging them into my Canadian outlets would be best in terms of Safety, Protection and Efficiency. Please suggest which option from below would be best? 1) Buying...
  3. B

    Whats the best way to add a surge protector to my machine?

    Hi , I have an asphalt testing machine and would like to add a surge protector to it. I have single phase 240 coming into a 40 amp main breaker on my machine. What size of surge protector should I get and how would I wire it to the machine?
  4. N

    US Surge Protector trips RCD

    Hi everyone, I need some advice please. I have a number of 110v equipment from the US that I need to supply power to. When using a step down 240 to 110 transformer when I plug in the 110v power Strip with built in Surge protection it trips the RCD on my consumer unit. I read up on this a...
  5. M

    What is a TII 356L protector?

    I have a lot of loose wires and cables hanging around my house in Boston - historical brick house In the city - many of the wires run to a TII box, I found a label in it that says TII 356L protector. Many of the wires are cut or loose. I am trying to figure out if this box, and the wires, are...
  6. A

    Which surge protector.

    I know about type 1 and type 2 surge protectors,and which one to use. But what criteria dictates the rated amperage of the device. Are there any parameters to consider, other than the load I am trying to protect. Information on these devices is hard to come by. Any help appreciated. Thanks
  7. Pete999

    Pete's Videos George the surge protector guy

  8. M

    Automatic transfer switch surge protector blown!

    Hi all I installed an 80kVa diesel generator set with automatic transfer switch awhile ago. All supplied by customer. Generator is second hand at 50 hours work and it turns out the ATS is too. All has been working fine for the last 6 months or so but recently the generator has been struggling...
  9. J

    Surge protector Intsallation

    Hi all, I am in the process of installing a surge protector as shown in the image below. However I have no wiring instructions on this model and could not find any online. I did some tests on it and when the relay is active (orange buttons pushed) terminal 1-2 and 3-4 are bridged. Any wiring...
  10. A

    PDU connected to SurgeX XF2 surge protector = safe ?

    I've been searching for the best surge protector (excluding whole-house solution) and came to the conclusion that SurgeX is the best choice. My problem is that i need 16 outlets to connect everything in my home theather, and the price for the SurgeX devices with a lot of outlets is very...
  11. Tuttle

    "Make sure your extension has a surge protector"

    The fire brigade advised (see link below): "Make sure your extension has a surge protector and never put one extension lead into another extension lead" Overloaded extension cable leads to bedroom fire - News - getreading - Reading Post Surely extension leads without surge protectors can't...
  12. S

    Surge Protector Adapter

    Hey everyone, Just to pre-warn you - my knowledge of electrical stuff is limited to changing a fuse. I have a computer (monitor, tower unit, speakers) plugged into a surge protector adapter thingie, I got the computer (it's well over 6 years old) about a month ago and have had it plugged...
  13. D

    Surge protector cable length (quick question)

    Hello all. I'm hoping someone can answer this (probably simple) question I have... I just bought a surge protector mini extention cable to keep with my laptop. It comes with a moulded 2 meter cable, standard UK plug on the end of it, and on the bottom of the unit, the words: NON REWIREABLE...
  14. G

    Is there such thing as a double socket with built in surge protector

    After a double socket with surge protection to be used to supply a pc. Can you get such a thing.
  15. B

    Earthing network surge protector

    I have some apc network surge protectors which require connecting to earth. Is there any reason why I shouldn't wire a UK 3 pin plug with an earth wire only to connect to the surge protector?

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