2) I simply what reliable and consistent protection, ideally at a high Joule rating (2500+).
Start by viewing manufacturer specifications. Each relevant number will claim protection from a typically destructive surge - if it really does protection. A majority will only believe what advertising recommends. An informed consumer can say what a protector does. And provide numbers that say so. Be wary of any recommendation without spec numbers.
If a protector is adjacent to appliances, then it can either absorb that surge. Or must block it. How does a protector's hundreds of joules absorb a surge that is hundreds of thousands of joules? How does a 2 cm part inside stop what three miles of sky could not?
Damning questions never asked by a majority who confuse word association with knowledge. Who assume "surge protector" and "surge protection" are same. They are not.
In any facility that can never have damage, Belkin is not used. Using one might even get an employee fired. What the Belkin claims to do contradicts what protectors did even 100 years ago. Somehow it makes a surge magically disappear?
The NIST (US government research agency) says what every effective protector does.
> You cannot really suppress a surge altogether, nor "arrest" it. What
> these protective devices do is neither suppress nor arrest a surge, but
> simply divert it to ground, where it can do no harm.
In facilities that can never have damage, an effective protector connects hundreds of thousands of joules 'low impedance' (ie 'less than 10 feet') to single point earth ground. A protector is only a connecting device. Used only when wire cannot do the same function.
Many protection systems have no protectors. But every protection system must have the only items that does protection. Single point earth ground. Defined is a protector and protection - two different items.
Again, the always asked and answered question. Where does energy dissipate? Any solution that cannot answer that question is, well, that is why so many recommend the Belkin. Like Saddam's WMDs, a majority will only believe what they are told to believe. Not ask damning questions. And most important, not demand the numbers. Protection is the only item always required in every protection system. Single point earth ground. A protector not connected to protection will claim what? Where are the Belkin spec numbers that claim protection? Numbers will not be provided because Belkin does not discuss or claim protection.
Take a $4 power strip. Add some ten cent protector parts. Sells for $9 in the supermarket. How much does Belkin charge for a similar protector with similar specifications? $25? $40? $100? Obscene profits.
A solution implemented in every facility that cannot have damage (even munitions dumps) can also be obtained retail from companies with superior reputations. Most any guy knows General Electric, ABB, Siemens, Leviton, Square D, and Intermatic. A protector to even protect the furnace, air conditioner, all digital clocks, TV, computer and smoke detectors sells for less than $50 in Lowes and Home Depot under the Cutler-Hammer brand name.
More numbers. A typically destructive surge (ie direct lightning strike) can be 20,000 amps. So a minimal 'whole house' protector starts at 50,000 amps. But again, those more responsible companies sell a solution well proven by over 100 years of science and experience.
Your telco's CO is connected to overhead wires all over town. Will typically suffer 100 surges with each thunderstorm. How often is your town without phone service for four days after a thunderstorm? Never? Because all telcos earth 'whole house' protectors. To increase that protection, telcos want an earthed protector to be up to 50 meters separated from electronics. Why do some manufacturers (ie Belkin) not discuss this? Why threaten obscene profits with technical honesty. Most only believe what they are told in advertising and by retail salesmen. Why are telcos fanatical about what does the protection (earthing)? Why does Belkin say nothing about earth ground?
How many damning questions demand numbers? Sun Microsystems says earthing a 'whole house' protector is essential for protection. From their "Planning guide for Sun Server rooms":
> Section 6.4.7 Lightning Protection:
> Lightning surges cannot be stopped, but they can be diverted. The
> plans for the data center should be thoroughly reviewed to identify
> any paths for surge entry into the data center. Surge arrestors can
> be designed into the system to help mitigate the potential for
> lightning damage within the data center. These should divert the
> power of the surge by providing a path to ground for the surge
> energy.
Sun says where energy must dissipate. Do same for all household appliances by earthing one 'whole house' protector where AC mains enter the building. Costs about $1 per protected appliance. Why does a superior solution also cost so much less money? No obscene profit margins. It is not selling on advertising myths. The superior solution comes with the reasons why
and numbers.
Protection is always about where hundreds of thousands of joules dissipate. The superior solution means even direct lightning strikes are made irrelevant. Earth one 'whole house' protector connected low impedance (ie 'less than 10 feet') to single point earth ground. Superior whole house solution even sells in Lowes, Home Depot, or any electrical supply house for about $1 per protected appliance. So many relevant numbers that come from people who actually do make direct lightning strikes and lesser surges irrelevant.
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