How do surge protection strip manufactures have such a high equipment warranty with a low joule rating.

[jakeslayer9091]

Hello, 

 

I found this Belkin surge protector on amazon and it has a joule rating for 565 joules with a 20,000 euro Connected equipment warranty, How are they so confident that 565 joules is enough when most modern home appliances need more than 1000 joules, Is the warranty just talk to attract customers or do they actually warranty your damaged equipment from power surges? 

 

Thanks.

[Skiiwee29]

Personally, I don't think the average person buying a power strip/surge protector knows that the only number that truly matters is the Joules. Its a slight of hand to throw bigger numbers out there that may be eye catchy and appealing to unsuspecting buyers. 

[emosun]

well you are currently witnessing me learning that surge protectors have a warranty


So that might explain why the warranty can be amazing

[Dujith]

They are talking about the surge protection. It can protect against a maximum of 565 joule or 565W/s

So your just talking about a small power bump from the net. It wont do anything against anything serious like a lightning strike or something like that.

 

Good luck proving that what killed your equipment was below that value.

 

If you want actual surge protection you will need to place it it at the start of the breaker box connected to a bigass ground electrode.

[Mark Kaine]

Because they're not actually paying..

 

It's always "user error" .

 

6 hours ago, TimsTips said:

Good luck getting a check out of a warranty claim. It’s all bs. 

 

[TetraSky]

7 hours ago, TimsTips said:

Good luck getting a check out of a warranty claim. It’s all bs. 

That would indeed be the hard part, the burden of proof would be onto the user and they'd probably need to sue them as well for them to even care enough to pay the user for damages if they actually managed to prove the surge protection strip didn't adequately protect their devices during a surge.

[LogicalDrm]

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[Guest]

It's an incidental damage  insurance policy paid for by Belkin and requires the customer to fill out a form within 30 days or so of purchase to "register". 

 

They often do pay.  But the number of people that remember to fill out the registration AND bother to file the claim is about. 001% of their customer base.  Furthermore, if you do file a claim, they'll ask for proof that you tried to go through your homeowner's/renter's insurance first, and if they pay, all you get from Belkin's insurance company is the deductible.