Surge Protected power strip

[sonyzz]

So im looking for surge protected power strip or a box with normal rating of joules because all i could find is small ratings like 500 or 1000 and its cheap chinese garbage, i live in UK and, my house is build in 1970's so wiring is still good but kinda old, we replaced old fuse box with new switch box and electrician said wiring is still good, as replacing it is too expensive at the moment, so we bought this house from some woman as she got it from her granny, and i bought cheap chinese surge protected power strip for my pc, i wanted to get UPS but this area didn't had brown out for the past one year, so UPS is not exactly needed for me, also cyberpower sinewave pfc UPS'es have joule rating around 450 which is kinda small and i dont know how much true joule rating my cheap power strip has, so i started looking in to some serious power strips or boxes, and i see in US there is good company called tripp lite but here in UK i only can find stationary surge protected switch boxes which company arrives and installs for your nice sum of cash or cheap chinese surge protected power strips like belkin, master plug or others which claim 1700 joule rating but in reality is pure BS.... so does anybody know of some good company surge protected power strip for europe market, could even be around 50-70usd, since US voltage is 120v and Europe uses 220-240v

[STRMfrmXMN]

I can't answer your question specifically because I'm not familiar with models of surge protector strips that have UKplugs on them, but I will say that you don't need to spend infinite money on one as pretty much all of those will have "one-time use" surge protection, meaning once a surge has occurred and the strip's surge protection has kicked in, it will no longer work.

 

 

[sonyzz]

On 7/28/2018 at 4:39 PM, STRMfrmXMN said:

I can't answer your question specifically because I'm not familiar with models of surge protector strips that have UKplugs on them, but I will say that you don't need to spend infinite money on one as pretty much all of those will have "one-time use" surge protection, meaning once a surge has occurred and the strip's surge protection has kicked in, it will no longer work.

 

 

I remembered there is APC company which makes UPS'es similar like Cyberpower which is based in US and APC is French brand so i looked on them and i found proper ones, also amazon had one http://amzn.eu/f05mnmY it has 2754 joules on it, i understand its one time use but i better pay 30-40usd for burned strip than hundred for burned pc part, better be safe than sorry you know, as the good brand power surge strip will work one time but if big surge comes it will fry, but it wont pass that surge on to electronics connected to it as the cheap surge strip would do it will fry and pass that surge on...

[W-L]

55 minutes ago, sonyzz said:

I remembered there is APC company which makes UPS'es similar like Cyberpower which is based in US and APC is French brand so i looked on them and i found proper ones, also amazon had one http://amzn.eu/f05mnmY it has 2754 joules on it, i understand its one time use but i better pay 30-40usd for burned strip than hundred for burned pc part, better be safe than sorry you know, as the good brand power surge strip will work one time but if big surge comes it will fry, but it wont pass that surge on to electronics connected to it as the cheap surge strip would do it will fry and pass that surge on...

That one will do the job, in most cases you want to look for a known brand for surge protectors such as APC, Belkin, Philips, Tripplite, GE to name a few. 

[sonyzz]

2 hours ago, W-L said:

That one will do the job, in most cases you want to look for a known brand for surge protectors such as APC, Belkin, Philips, Tripplite, GE to name a few. 

Tripplite is only for US market aswell as GE... so on 240v they will fry instantly

[W-L]

1 minute ago, sonyzz said:

Tripplite is only for US market aswell as GE... so on 240v they will fry instantly

You would look for one's that work with your plugs and circuity, tripplite does make universal one's but there would be better options for your specific market. 

https://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-6-Universal-Protector-SUPER6OMNI/dp/B000AQG2N8

 

 

[sonyzz]

4 minutes ago, W-L said:

You would look for one's that work with your plugs and circuity, tripplite does make universal one's but there would be better options for your specific market. 

https://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-6-Universal-Protector-SUPER6OMNI/dp/B000AQG2N8

 

 

I bought the one i meantionedfrom apc, before i had cheap chinese one which said 375 joules and it worked fine for whole year but known brand always list right figures not ''imaginary ones'' like cheap brands