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Properly sized protectors remains functional for many decades after many direct lightning strikes. Grossly undersizing a protector (a tiny…

Thermal compounds even 60 years ago remains just as thermally conductive when wet or dry. It is initially wet so that a heatsink will…

If the stuff did anything that useful, then you also posted the specification number that said so. Best themal conductivity from…

A solution (and reasons for damage) was well understood even over 100 years ago. A concept originally demonstrated by Franklin over 250…

Voltages can vary so much that incandescent bulbs dim to 50% intensity or double intensity. Electronics must work just fine even when…

Their warning is to not use a plug-in protector. That is different and unrelated to a 'whole house' protector. For example, plug-in…

Static electricity more often causes overstress. The damage does not cause immediate failure. Overstress means the damage slow gets worse…

Can a poltergeist exist in an audio world?

Disconnecting from AC mains will do everything in five second. Sitting disconnected for hours or holding down the power button (to…

Not surge is this is relevant. But some electronics have a safety lockout. If power restoration is not clean, the safety lockout may trip.…

First, brownouts do not damage any electronics. Brownouts are hard on motorized appliances - not electronics. In fact, we sometimes…

Schematics are no longer available. As noted earlier, learn what adjacent parts are doing by defining how each is connected. If that does…

Nobody can really define it from observation. Best is to trace out the circuit. (Better circuit tracers output less than .7 volts so as to…

The web site would only accept commands but not return a display. By the time a working connection was established, other 'copies' could…

All useful answers will include numbers. For example, protection is always about where hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly…

All useful answers will include numbers. For example, protection is always about where hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly…

All useful answers will include numbers. For example, protection is always about where hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly…

Yes, a lightning rod (just like a protector) grounds that energy. Anything that requires manual intervention (ie unplugging) is a least…

Only insurance (warranty) that has any value is provided by companies (insurance companies) required by laws to honor that warranty. Those…

[@Russ](/comment/4382056/redir): Effective protection cause hundreds of thousands of joules to dissipate where not destructive. That means…

525 joules is near zero protection. Protectors that tiny can sometimes make adjacent appliance damage easier. In rare cases, even create…

To get a useful answer starts with describing all relevant components. That even includes every wire inside walls, a safety ground inside a…

Go back and read the filetering. It does near zero filtering at the frequencies that might cause your problem - well below 150 Khz.…

Apparently you do not know about the power controller. Only that controller decides when a PSU can power on. It then monitors power.…

[@thrillerAU](/comment/3541323/redir): Get a surge protector that actually claims protection even from direct lightning strlkes. How many…

If true, then you are daily replacing clocks, TV, dimmer switches, dishwasher, and other appliances. Those big appliances create noise - at…

Oh dear god.... your still posting insults without one informed sentence. Give it up. You are still preoccupied with your ego. You still…

That is a classic example of how scams get promoted. First indication - not even one specification number was provided by them. I don't…

"I think unprotected electrical equipment & wiring may be at danger anyway in that situation" Hundreds of joule surges are simply converted…

Being so grossly undersized (149 joules), it may also be a potential house fire during surges that can be tens or hundreds of thousands of…