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I use them... but only as outlet strips and do not expect any real surge suppression.
I bought several of those Tripp lite Isobar4's from somebody dumping a ton of new ones on ebay ... $5 each. At $5 each, quite nice and beats any of those cheapie walmartish outlet strips.
Quoted from swampfire:Here's something I've wondered: if my wall outlets are all on a switch, are the games protected when the switches are in the OFF position? Or does the lightning just jump the gap on the switch anyway?
I also wondered: if the lightning strike hits the wires from the panel to the outlet, doesn't that completely bypass the whole-home protection and fry your stuff anyway?
Direct lightning strike - nothing will stop it. Considering how far the lightning has already traveled, that couple millimeter gap in the wall switch would be a momentary delay before arcing over and striking your machine. It won't bypass the whole-home protection but will fry the whole home protection... then proceed to fry the rest of your stuff.
Indirect lightning strike - depends on how far away the strike is.
Pretty unlikely to strike your wiring after the panel - usually comes in thru power mains. But I have seen one house take a strike to a gas line on a fireplace then jump over to close electrical wiring and taking out nearly all electronics, appliances and water pump. Fortunately, the gas line was disconnected at the time and didn't start a gas fire.
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