Same price at Domayne if you don’t want to support Harvey Norman (They’re also owned by Harvey Norman)
https://www.domayne.com.au/belkin-surge-cube-with-2-x-2-4a-u…
The version without the USB ports is about $16 at Bunnings & $20 at Amazon, so not too bad a deal if you want to add surge protection to a power board or appliance, plus have some charging ports.
Looks like they’ve just found a pallet of these somewhere in the warehouse from 10 years ago, lol.
Storage wars.
I was wondering the same thing. I actually bought one of these for $5 when Dick Smith were closing down.
It still works well, but like most Belkin power boards/plugs, it's chunky as!
These ones are better than the powerboards with built in protectors, because they are consumables and the protection wear out over time. Each one can only absorb so much surges, and degrades with each surge, however small. So you need to replace them regularly, and its much cheaper replacing this than an entire powerboard.
American ;)
https://www.bunnings.com.au/arlec-vertical-surge-protected-d…
probably invest a couple more bucks and get these instead. Think there are also the single adaptor version for 16 bucks or so, but can't find on site.
1800j vs 306j
no usb ports though
Yes but it has useful levels of protection vs virtually nothing (assuming clamping time and voltage are reasonable)
I wonder how many of these I could daisy chain until I start a fire
If you are lucky enough 1 would be sufficient
megajoule rating?
Can this take multiple surges? Doesn't seem to have a button to reset it like on power boards
That's not how these work. They can't be reset. Every time they take a surge, they are destroyed a little bit more until eventually, no protection.
You should replace them every year or two
Noob question: how often do we have surges in Australia?
Depends on the area entirely. Country areas are usually worse
I lost two water pumps to surges in three years living on a property.
Have a surge protector now and hasn't happened since.
is there a surge protector which can protect the whole property (e.g. something installed at the main switchboard)?
Thanks
Technically yes, but with the advent of super-sensitive computer controlled equipment, spike and surges can occur within a property. For example; high load electric motors shutting on and off can easily do it.
Basically in the old analogue days you couldn't kill your washing machine/ fridge with a gun. They were robust devices - all analogue controlled. These days pretty much everything from the fridge to the TV to the heating system, everything really, is digitally controlled with varying degrees on on-board protection. Many components are incredibly sensitive and really do need protecting. So often when a fridge/dishwasher etc dies these days it's really the onboard computer that has carked it and often due to surges.
They are the same company