Laser printer into Surge Protector - yes or no?

[Maverick2002]

Hi,

I have a Brother Laser printer and I'm considering hooking it up to a Cyber Power surge protector which will have a few other devices connected to it (an LCD tv, blu-ray player, sound bar, and sub). Is this a bad idea? I'm running out of outlets in the wall for all my stuff.

I've read mixed things about whether or not to connect a laser printer directly to the wall (and my lights do dim whenever I turn it on) vs. a surge outlet (not a battery backup, mind you).

Thoughts?

TIA

 

[Puffnstuff]

I have mine plugged in to a apc battery backup however surge is surge and if it gets to your printer it can damage it. Using a surge protector is a smart thing to do to protect your equipment however it won't change your line condition.

 

[mfenn]

Hooking a laser printer up to a UPS is generally discouraged because it has a huge power draw and is generally considered to be non-essential. Placing it on a normal
"surge protected" power strip is fine. (Normal precautions about not overloading a household circuit apply.)

 

[paul878]

Hooking a laser printer up to a UPS is generally discouraged because it has a huge power draw and is generally considered to be non-essential. Placing it on a normal
"surge protected" power strip is fine. (Normal precautions about not overloading a household circuit apply.)

UPS have battery backup outlet and surge protected outlet.

 

[bryanl]

UPS have battery backup outlet and surge protected outlet.

The UPS is protected from surges coming in through its AC power cord, but because of poor protection between its outlets, i.e. no line filters, a surge that enters through one of the UPS' own outlets can travel out another outlet. Laser printers are known to generate surges large enough to interfere with equipment plugged into the UPS or even the UPS circuitry itself.

 

[mindless1]

^ I'm drawing a blank on what in a laser printer could cause a large surge.

There's a few low current motors and a high current fuser which definitely causes voltage depression when heating up but surges not so much. I'd be more concerned about an AIO printer with a fax so the telephone line is a source of surges, or an ethernet networked printer where the surge comes in over the lan... sometimes people will surge protect their computer then network it with a switch/etc not on a surge protector.