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- From: jimy@banach.ece.wisc.edu (Jim K. H. Yu)
- Subject: Re: Surge Protectors
- Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison; Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Date: 28 Aug 92 16:56:57 CDT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.165658.29436@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- References: <MITCHELL.92Aug26081658@coltrane.linus.mitre.org>
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- In article <MITCHELL.92Aug26081658@coltrane.linus.mitre.org> mitchell@linus.mitre.org (Richard B. Mitchell) writes:
- >
- >I just bought a Mac and need to get a surge protector. As far as I
- >can tell, the only way to rate surge protectors is the number of
- >breakers, the number of outlets, and the level at peaks that it can
- >Handle. I have one now from Egghead that can handle spikes of up to
- >13,000 volts and can take a maximum of 15 amps for all of the outlets.
- >I know that it all depends on where you live, but I was wondering it
- >this is sufficient. I have a Mac Quadra 700, E Machines I, and an HP
- >Deskwriter.
- >
- There are other parameters to consider in a surge protector, such
- as the response time (in ns) and the energy that it can absorb (in Joules).
- Cosmetic features include activity LEDs and a reset switch.
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- Jim
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