[RndTbl] Power bar/surge suppressor

[Rob Guderian]

Some surge suppressors say on the box that they 'guarantee' it, and
make it sound like they will replace your equipment if it fails to
suppress the power surge. I haven't read one in years, but I believe
they do have a limited amount of time they [would/might/should] be
willing to honour that guarantee.

Advice: Look for it if you're buying one. The cheaper ones definitely
don't have one, the better ones should.

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 3:10 AM, Trevor Cordes <trevor at tecnopolis.ca> wrote:
> On 2018-01-28 Kevin McGregor wrote:
>> Hey, what's the prevailing opinion on power bars with built-in surge
>> suppressors? How long do they last? Should they be replaced every,
>> say, 5 years?
>
> Never heard of a lifespan for those things.  I'm an APC partner I'm
> sure that they would have been blasting that in all their emails and
> "APC Currents" mag, etc, all the time if that had been the case.  Also,
> would make their lifetime warranties on their good surge bars a bit
> silly.
>
> The only thing I've ever heard is replace them after a lightning strike
> nearby or nasty surge.
>
> Then again, you made me think about it and perhaps the passives in
> these things could wear out with old age??  I'm pretty sure there's no
> electrolytic caps in them ;-)  and there's not much heat generation,
> so all the other passives that could be in there should last like 30+
> years like 80's computers have.
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