DSE 8 Outlet Surge Protector $49

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Lquop on 28/12/2008 - 19:51 dse.com.au (491 clicks)
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Similar to the deal posted at http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/8911, but you get an 8 outlet board instead of 6,higher joule rating, and $25,000 more connected equipment warranty. Save $50 on normal price - catalogue says sale is until 12/1/09; website says "for a limited time".

• Surge protection for 8 mains outlets, phone line and TV coaxial cable
• Powerful 2,000J surge absorption rating
• Includes phone & coax patch cables

Provides surge protection for 8 mains outlets plus a phone line and TV coaxial cable socket. Includes coil⁄capacitor EMI filtering, 6 heavy-duty MOVs, varistor and gas discharge arrestors, protection status indicators, 10A circuit breaker plus 2,000 Joule and 60,000A maximum mains surge current rating. Incl. 1.8m phone & F-type coax patch cables. Lifetime guarantee, $100,000 connected equipment warranty.

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  sonicentropy on 28/12/2008 - 21:25

  Nice find - just dont use it to filter the phone line to your adsl modem

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    bevisaurus on 28/12/2008 - 22:10

    hi sonicentropy, can i ask why not? im planning to buy this and use it to protect the printer, router and modem.

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  sonicentropy on 28/12/2008 - 22:46

  +1

  I use to work for bigpond and the best way to introduce signal loss to your ADSL signal is a flex core extension cable or a EMF filter as above, if you right near the exchange it wont make much difference but most of us are not. I do recommend this device one of the best in that price range, but the phone filter "may" impact your adsl signal if used, and will defiantly impact your adsl2 signal. This is only if you use between the modem and the phone socket.

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  wfdTamar on 28/12/2008 - 23:01

  +1

  and as I posted on that link:

  These Cabac ones have much better specs and are $30! (no insurance though, but apparently they are full of loopholes)

  Clamping Voltage 710V
  Full 3 line surge protection
  3444 Joules
  144,000 Amps
  Max spike voltage 6Kv
  Respnes time under 1 Nonaosecond
  Phone line protection 160 joules

  http://www.dealsdirect.com.au/p/power-surge-protector-8-outl…

  also at www.oo.com.au

  I’ve seen them elsewhere with a $75,000 policy for $80 (in Officeworks I think)

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    quop on 29/12/2008 - 00:57

    that would be $30 before shipping? which i realise still makes it cheaper - though some people might prefer to pay a bit more to get the insurance as well as warranty on the items (lifetime from DSE vs 3 months from dealsdirect / 12 months from oo).

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  POWERevolution on 29/12/2008 - 02:56

  Is there any thing different beside this 1 is 8 Outlet & other one is 6 Outlet???

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    quop on 30/12/2008 - 01:03

    as per the description for this listing (taken from the specs given on the DSE website), the 8 outlet unit has a higher kilojoule rating and a higher CEW. the "feature" of the 6 outlet one is that two of its outlets are widely spaced to accommodate transformers - which i guess you can easily replicate with the 8 outlet unit by skipping one of its middle outlets.

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  wfdTamar on 29/12/2008 - 09:51

  +1

  Yes $30 plus shipping (DealsDirect $29.95 +$6.95 shipping) (OO.com.au $28.95 + shipping varies)

  Often free shipping at those sites.

  There is a lot of discussion on Whirlpool about surge boards and the policies that come with them.

  http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/?action=threads_search&…

  This board has much better specs than the Dick Smith one.

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    HueyData on 29/12/2008 - 10:21

    Thanks for that link, wfdTamar. There was also some discussion in the previous 6 outlet deal.

    I haven't seen the DSE connected equipment warranties but a look through the US Belkin policy was instructive. Most surprising to me (though perhaps it shouldn't have been upon reflection) was: "Whenever claims are settled, Belkin Components reserves the right to be subrogated under any existing insurance policies the claimant may have."

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  wfdTamar on 29/12/2008 - 11:16

  What the heck does subrogated mean?

  'the substitution of one person or group by another in respect of a debt or insurance claim, accompanied by the transfer of any associated rights and duties.'

  I think what they're saying there is that if your house contents insurance covers the damage, they (contents insurance) pay for it, not Belkin (fair enough). What about the excess though?

  I suppose the choice between the two boards comes down to:
  a. Cabac - better protection with no insurance (a lot of people would be covered by their contents insurance. In mine I have to choose to pay extra to cover this issue).

  b. DSE - not so good protection, but the $100,000 insurance - and hope you're covered (read Whirlpool for info on that).

  A friend of mine was without her 96cm widescreen TV for 3 to 4 weeks while it was being fixed after a power surge. She had to resort to a 51cm!

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    HueyData on 29/12/2008 - 13:30

    I think what they’re saying there is that if your house contents insurance covers the damage, they (contents insurance) pay for it, not Belkin (fair enough).

    I'm not sure how widely surge-related damage is covered by different insurers but it seems reasonably common. (There is probably a correlation that the more high-value electronics - including expensive Belkin surge protectors! - a person owns, the more likely they are to have contents insurance that would provide coverage.) If that is the case, and companies can discharge all liability via the subrogation clause, then those impressive dollar amounts on connected equipment warranties may actually be worthless in many, if not most, cases.

    That's perfectly logical from a business point of view, but it raises another question about what connected equipment warranties actually do for consumers. There may be good answers to that but I'm sure it's nowhere near as simple and "profitable" as some assume. This ain't South Park :)

    • Phase 1: Lightning storm
    • Phase 2: ???
    • Phase 3: Company cuts a cheque for $100,000!

    What about the excess though?

    Good question. Obviously it would depend on how the specific policy is written (and the US Belkin example may or may not differ somewhat from Australian DSE policies), but if it's not explicitly covered then one should expect the worst. Keeps the lawyers in business!

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  wfdTamar on 29/12/2008 - 13:56

  Off Topic - Another twist on Contents insurance - if you didn't have the power surge/fuse coverage in your contents insurance, but do have coverage for fire - I wonder if they'd pay up if you had a fire caused by a power surge starting a fire in an appliance? Much better to go the prevention route than rely on insurance.

  Anyway, insurance is just communism/socialism (shared risk/responsibility) for profit. It always struck me as ironic that the most shark eat shark capitalist is most likely to have lots of insurance which would seem contrary to their 'survival of the fittest' mentality.

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  POWERevolution on 29/12/2008 - 16:35

  Thanks wfdTamar for the info.