Re: [LUG] Electrical storm, recommendations for a printer/scanner

[Brad Rogers <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 06 Jan 2014 10:44:30 +0000
stinga <stinga+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello stinga,

>Is a pots surge protector worth it? Or is that something else that does 
>not work.

All these things work, but only to their design specification.
Lightning, being the unpredictable beast it is, will often be far more
powerful than your kit was designed to cope with.

People are going to baulk at paying for the suppression they'll be
*required* to have (WRT to overhead cable supplied electricity) that
trying to persuade them to spend more on better gear is going to be an
uphill struggle.

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