Originally Posted by westom
Originally Posted by Mariposa
Buy the more expensive surge protectors. No sense in trying to save a buck or two when it is concerning our expensive machines
At what point does it finally become obvious. Take a $3 power strip. Add some ten cent protector parts. Sell it for $7 in the grocery store. Or buy a similar protector circuit under a Monster label for $150. When promoting something that is a profit center, price does not define better quality. The superior solution also costs less money.
Protection is always about where energy dissipates. Therefore a protector is only as effective as its earth ground.
How do you unplug a dishwasher, furnace, dimmer switches, and the most critical appliance during a surge – smoke detectors? You don’t.
Lord love all engineers! :roll: I am married to one and your answers are so familiar! For all us electronic simpletons, please just cut to the chase and tell us what to buy. How does one "ground" a sewing machine? How do we know whether what we already have is doing any good, or how much good? The standard in our house is buy a middle range price strip for each item; replace them every couple of years; unplug computers, tvs, microwaves and sewing machines when thunderstorms are in the offing. What do you do? Thanks for all your input :!: