Surge protection?

[Shadow_Storm56]

It's lightning out and as any computer guy would I have everything on surge protectors but it's lightning outside. For a split second my TV and screens turned off so I wonder does it mean bad surge protection or did it just cut off output for a split second? It just acted like I quickly flipped the power off and back on, speakers made a pop but they catch any ground noise easily and pop when powers cut so pretty normal. I guess the  TV just went black for a second, did not turn off but it has a cheaper protector. I assume a surge protector just dumps the surge to ground? Some people would unplug everything but between the ups devices and surge protection I would hope I'm ok.

[W-L]

11 hours ago, Shadow_Storm56 said:

It's lightning out and as any computer guy would I have everything on surge protectors but it's lightning outside. For a split second my TV and screens turned off so I wonder does it mean bad surge protection or did it just cut off output for a split second? It just acted like I quickly flipped the power off and back on, speakers made a pop but they catch any ground noise easily and pop when powers cut so pretty normal. I guess the  TV just went black for a second, did not turn off but it has a cheaper protector. I assume a surge protector just dumps the surge to ground? Some people would unplug everything but between the ups devices and surge protection I would hope I'm ok.

A surge protector or UPS will help but in certain cases if the surge is large enough it can overwhelm the unit or if there is a direct lighting strike due to the large amount of energy it’s hard to determine what will occur. Most cases the UPS or surge protector is designed to sacrifice itself in the hopes of protecting equipment down the line. The best is still to have complete grid isolation. 

 

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