Surge Supression
Good list of the
eleven most common myths about Surge Supression.
11 Myths of Surge Protection
by Wendell H. Laidley
Myth #1. ANY SURGE PROTECTION IS BETTER THAN NO SURGE PROTECTION.
This is perhaps the most reasonable, yet the most misleading of all. With no surge protection at all, incoming surges will hit only the computer's power supply (which is considerably more surge tolerant than the data line circuitry), and will not affect the system ground level at all. Since shunt surge suppressors divert power line surges into data lines, using the wrong type of surge suppression can actually cause failures throughout the network. Thus the network is likely to be better off if individual nodes have no surge supp- ressor than if they have ones that shunt power-line surges into data-lines.
Others include:
Myth #2. A UPS WILL PROVIDE DEPENDABLE SURGE PROTECTION.
Myth #6. COMPUTER MODEM DAMAGE IS CAUSED BY SURGES ON THE PHONE LINE.
Myth #9. SURGE PROTECTORS ARE PERMANENT DEVICES.
Mr. Wendell H. Laidley is the President of
Zero Surge Inc.
Posted by DaveH at January 24, 2006 4:23 PM