Surge Protectors As Fast As Possible
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Surge protectors that promise to protect your expensive equipment have been around for a long time. How well do they deliver on their claims, and what should you buy?
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i have a surge protector for my surge protector.
oh and the first surge protector is connected to a battery back up bank.
+The silent gamer Talk about prepared
+raven still i still have set up my whole home power generator/mini nuclear power plant
Zombie Apocalypse here i come.
+raven still well more like widespread power outage apocalypse. for the zombie one i have a separate bunker
+The silent gamer dude in my area, no one would be willing to take nuclear waste! how do you manage to get rid of the waste?
"destroy it entirely". it makes me remember some motherboards being fried...i just can't.... remember where i saw it
+Icaro Vasconcelos i sense some sarcasm here....
+Icaro Vasconcelos You two should get a room.
+waffle muncher iph u no wut y meen ;0
+Icaro Vasconcelos hmm i remember something of this kind the legend says they lost 3 mobo's to build a router.
+Eping | Gaming & More I think you forgot something else, I don't know, I Xeon?!
Oh god I thought all these years power strips had surge protection. At least none of my consoles never fried
Thats why to buy 15£ power strips not £5 power strips
Some do, some don’t, have to make sure you get the right ones
Get a surge protected power strip with integrated circuit breaker.
When I played Minecraft on my Xbox 360, I always built a house out of wood planks since it was the easiest and quickest to get within an in-game day (around 10 minutes irl) and I’m surprised they never burned down when I put a furnace in ‘em
@Eddie Kittredge got filtered lol
Those electrons at 1:33 look an awful lot like atoms
they couldn't find that in clip art XD
+2facedjoker also the electrons go from the negative to the positive instead of the other way around
+Joe Mills You're not wrong but electrons are usually represented on paper as "e-" or just "e".
+2facedjoker And there flowing from positive to negative which is wrong too.
+2facedjoker they many not be electrons all electricity is a moving charged particle
This was actually one of the most informative and useful videos I've seen on this channel. I usually just watch this for entertainment, but this has a great deal of valuable insight I can pass on to family members less in the know about electronics and even less on how to protect them.
Highly appreciated video!
so here is basically the summary.
don't use a surge protector because they likely will stop being useful after a couple surges, and you have to physically unplug it anyway after that, so...why not just unplug the electronics during storms. kinda defeats the purpose.
don't use UPS system back up power supplies because they need to be powered on constantly and charge constantly even when off and make your power bill go up. some of them also beep and make noise.
so basically what it comes down to is....just. DONT use anything. its best to keep an eye on the weather and unplug during bad storms or just keep UPS power supply unplugged and only plug it in and plug stuff into during bad storms to be prepared.
there is no easy way to deal with this issue apparently. everything requires you to physically keep an eye on things and unplug or plug things.
Are you dense? Bad weather doesnt account for all surges, in fact they account for less than half. He even says in the video like wtf
Rip to my brother's HDTV that got fried from a lightning strike and wasn't connected to a protector. At least our whole house is surge protected now, which I never knew was possible.
I believe nowadays it is code required for new construction.
I didn't know that the earth pin in North America is cylindrical not flat.. That's what I learnt in this video!
+Ankit Sharma It's also longer than the hot and neutral pin so that any shorts can be grounded as quickly as possible.
+Ankit Sharma It's also longer than the hot and neutral pin so that any shorts can be grounded as quickly as possible.
+UntouchedWagons Actually it's longer so that the ground connects first when you plug it in.
I knew it's longer.. I just didn't know it was rounded off
+GrayWolfTech That's more or less what I said.
0:17 Poor Dennis xD
Is this too outdated ?
Entirely. It really needs a redo/update at this point. It makes no mention at all of the other type of surge protectors that offer FAR more protection than the MOV ones he's covering in this video: Series mode, inductance-based surge protectors like the ones from SurgeX, BrickWall and Audioquest. Those are much more expensive, of course, but they can take surges up to 6000v/3000A several thousand times over without having to be replaced.
Today, some handyman was working in my neighborhood. He knocked the power out for ≈ 10 minutes.
My computer was nearly fried; but luckily I was able to do a few thinger-ma-jigs to get it booted back up.
"10 dollars for absolutely free" okay linus.
Hey Linus I've had a couple years of college for EE and I can say that the best way Voltage was ever described to me was "electrical pressure" so I like to pass that phrase on when I can :D
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Then what is amperage?
@@totallyfrozen the amount of whatever is flowing at a time and causing pressure. If you think of it as water in a water hose, the amps is the amount of water that is coming out every second.
1:30 electricity actually flows from negative to positive
Yes it does. "Hole flow" or conventional current flows from positive to negative.
PhilfreezeCH yeah but we aren't living in Benjamin Franklin's time
Okay, so the answer to this is actually a gray area. In physics, electrons travel from negative to positive. This is the actual way electricity flows. But, electrical engineers write wiring diagrams and understand semiconductors under the assumption that electricity goes from positive to negative. Either way is fine and it really just depends on the environment.
Surge protector (not a power strip):
UL (underwriters laboratories) certified
Clamping voltage below 400 volts
Joules more than 600
This video unfortunately only refers to the lower-end surge protectors that are based on MOVs (Metal Oxide Varistors). The far better but more expensive ones are called Series Mode surge protectors and are based on inductance using large capacitors. Those offer substantially more protection and can take absolutely massive surges thousands of times without being harmed or destroyed in the process.
@@michaelbeckerman7532 Good to know. Thanks!
The power strip surge protector is helpful as it gives some protection, and if there is a nearby storm you can unplug just the
power strip, and not have to individually unplug the TV, and the Cable box, and the Game console, and the Sound System.
1:47. I was using noise cancelling headphones and I found that scary ;(;(
this video was quite shocking
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5:09 "That's right; ten dollars for absolutely free..." - Linus
Hahaha! Please tell me that I am not the only one who caught that...
I just had 2 power surges in one month in this shitty hotel I'm staying and it ruined my $1,300 gaming laptop! 😠
Report them
I love your videos, the quick format is great! I have three questions 1. What if you chain several surge protectors together? what happens if they are not identical in terms of clamping voltage or joule rating? 2. If you have a power conditioner, and a surge protector, and a UPS is there a sequence which they would most optimally be chained? 3. Will using a surge-protector, with a power conditioner on the same breaker allow a surge that is safely shunted to ground, to re-enter the electrical wiring through the power conditioners softer interface with the shared ground? is that a thing? like aaaa ground loop of death!...?. 4. BONUS QUESTION! what about a really, really,... ReALLy.... BiG magnet!
All of these good questions and no answers.
In my relatively remote part of Scotland we don't have power hungry Aircon units and we dont have many lightning storms. all plugs & devices are fused, all homes have fuse/breaker boxes. I've never had or heard of anyone who (at least in Scotland) has had a Surge and all their electrical equipment has been fried.
If Thor is angry at ya and threatens to unleash his wrath on you by hitting you with mjölnir a power surge would be my last of worries ...
I don't plug anything directly into the wall out let I always use a surge protection first. My TV Sound System Computer Game console Internet Router exc all plug into it first plus I also use it for Cable lines and Ethernet lines and Phone lines. I had a surge spike once fried everything I owned.
1:34 No particles actually move, if I'm not mistaken. Just flow of delocalised electrons through metal/cations.
Linus didn't cover the surge protector on/off switch. These are set to TURN OFF if a certain amount of voltage is reached and this stops an electric flow. At least that is how the surge protectors in m country work. The 3 prong explaination is not an option in most places in m country. if there is a 3rd prong, i useually use a 3 to 2 prong adapter because no outlets have 3 prongs. So I guess my point is surge protectors work for surges by TURNING OFF the power and stopping current from anything plugged into it from deliverying current until the button is reset. Anyway I dont understand why Linus didn't mention this.
I believe the built in fuse is engaging when it switches to the off setting. Not all surge protectors have this built in.
i had a surge protector, but the lighting just fried my computers via Ethernet so still screwed, don't forget to protect that too.
good thing i installed wifi kit for my pc
Actually, just to correct something (maybe it is true for North America, I don't know), but here in Australia, we have powerboards (what north americans call powerstrips) which come with surge protectors built into them, the cheap ones are only good for 1 surge, but they do exist.
Another good thing we have over here is that most home insurances come with burnt motor protection, so if a surge fries the motor in say your vacuum cleaner, the insurance company will replace it
There are [virtually] no grounded circuits in my neighborhood and 110 is unheard of
Unless your whole neighborhood was built before 1960 and nobody ever renovated it doubt that
APC and Monoprice makes nice surge protectors. I have different models from both brands everywhere around my house.
I had no idea that a surge protected power strip would still work after a power surge. The joule rating is cumulative. It can be used up over 10 years in 100 small surges, or all at once. But if you CANT SEE the indicator light, or your surge protector doesnt have an aubile alarm, youd never know it wasnt working anymore. I just lost my washer and dryer from damage to my power line from a storm and a surge protector that was likely no longer working. Hower my 86" tv and home theater was likely saved from a new surger protector with a high joule rating i bought last year. That thing popped so loud i heard it happen and could see the glow from the indicator light went off under my media console. I immediately unplugged all that.
4:10 Speaking about scrapyard... >_>
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Whole house surge protectors/suppressors work best (one can add point of use surge protectors as a second line of defense if desired). Whole house units don't cost that much and do a much better job than fancily-packaged point of use units.
Not actually true. A whole-house surge protector normally has a much higher clamping/let-through voltage point than an individual device surge protector does. Because of this, you always want to take a layered approach to surge protection. Never rely on just a whole-house surge protector by itself. It's a good idea to have one at your service panel, for sure, but you should also have individual device surge protection on each of your high-value electronics as well. Keep in mind here that surges can actually come from inside the house (washers and dryers, furnaces, AC systems, garbage disposals, lighting systems, etc.) as well as from outside. Studies have shown that roughly 80% of all surges experienced at a site originate from on-premise equipment. This is why individual surge protectors are still very important, even when a whole-house surge protection device is in place.
Electrical appliances sold in Malaysia and Singapore are required to bear the respective markings: SIRIM Mark and SAFETY Mark.
The approved mains plugs and outlets are: 2.5 A Europlug, 5 A round pin, fused 13 A rectangular pin and 15 A round pin.
Both SIRIM and SPRING Singapore do not approve the flat-blade or German Schuko (1:09) plugs and outlets like depicted in the video.
I’m glad I actually bought a proper surge protector with multiple plug in outlets and usb charging
There are also surge protectors that have a fuse in them, and if too much current runs through that fuse, it'll break. Thus not allowing any current through to anything plugged into it. Wish he would've mentioned that.
Anyone else looking this up during a big storm?
Here I thought I was being paranoid when I went to the electronics section specifically for a surge protector and not a power strip that I found in the other sections at Walmart. Nope. The surge protector is superiour. Though at 500j I'm feeling a bit cheated. Oh well. Better than nothing!
UPS's can have surge protection built in too right?
+GRIZZLY_GUY Yes, and most high-quality units will. Personally, I use APC and have never had an issue. Granted I do so for the servers I maintain, so I also did pay for business-grade products, but I'd assume that their quality carries over to consumer-grade gear.
+GRIZZLY_GUY Yes, but it's not really their main focus, as the really good ones can be more expensive than your computer.
+GRIZZLY_GUY Two types of UPS exist generally, On-line and Off-line (Nothing to do with the internet). On-line types power the things you plug into them via the batteries and inverter permanently, regardless of incoming supply. Off-line types power your devices direct from the mains, then they switch over (static switching) to internal batteries (via an inverter) when the mains goes off. The on-line UPS's are better and provide full surge protection all the time because your devices are not directly connected to the incoming mains supply, but are more expensive as their transformers have to be bigger and able to supply the full load needed; plus charge batteries at the same time. Off-line types are cheaper as their transformers only have to charge the batteries; most Off-line UPS's have simple surge protection, but it's usually basic as appropriate with the lower cost of the off-line type units.
Note that APC ups's for the domestic market are not necessarily the same reliable grade as their industrial models. Key components such as the transformer, inverter and batteries cost money, the more they cost, the better the quality generally; especially the transformer....
Peter Kay seeing as you clearley know a lot about these, would one like this be good enough to alllow me to be on my computer when the power goes out(protection), then give me time to get somewhere i can stop playing and shutdown?
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0038ZTZ3W?keywords=1000%20watt%20UPS&qid=1445638949&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
Should be fine. It's an off-line type so only use the backup sockets rather than the surge protected only sockets. Also, use the isolated network link to protect against router based spikes directly into your MB through the Nic socket.
What happens if you plug a serge protector into another serge protector? Sergeprotector-ception?
Firefighter said don’t do it. He has come to house fires where people daisy chained siege protectors together. Just wanted to mention.
I have an ac unit causing power surges and my surge protector doesn't seem to be doing its job although it's new and handles high watts and joules. I give up.
How do you know when it's run out of surge protection?
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@0:18 omgdennis you never looked so good.
2022 anyone ?
2024 now 😄
There was a power surge recently in my area and my MacBook's SSD (Solid State Drive) (Hard Drive) was wiped and damaged and the fan is broken and the heat sensor and 3 wires
I used to make surge protectors at Western Electric in Kansas City, Missouri. They were porcelain.
Don't know if you'll read this... the surge protectors that I have seen now have ethernet plugs and antenna plugs also usb... can you do a video about this type of surge protectors????
Those are the exact same type of surge protectors, they just offer more types of physical connections that you can plug other types of things into.
Linus, Thor uses his hammer (Mjölnir) to control lightning.
Dang. Just got my 4k Tv, PS5, modem and soundbar fried to oblivion.
Had a cheapo surge protector but it just wasnt enough 😭
R.I.P
RIP
As a result of my town not having a particularly good electrical system, when the power went out across town one day, I was left with a fried motherboard. Lesson learned.
Same
Same
Well some UPSs do surge protection. Mine does
You know what sucks, grounded outlets aren't a standard in Denmark yet, so we have no way of properly grounding electronics.
What the fuck. The lightning strike at 1:45 scared me. Bloody hell
I think using surge protectors in my house might be a moot point then. All my outlets only have two prongs. They don't have the 3rd. We did change out a 220 outlet for a 110. So far nothing has fried. Though my speaker do make a weird popping noise when the fridge kicks on or off.
So far between power strips, surge protectors, and UPSs I like UPSs the best. The battery only lasts a few years. Yet they keep the random power outages from corrupting installs and upgrades on the PCs. To bad I am slowly building a stack of dead batteries in the garage though. I don't know of any place that will properly dispose of them here.
Death OfTime Dude. I thought I was the only one who got weird popping noises from my speakers! I switched outlets and it was fine after that 0.o
Is adding a Protection Plan or Extended Warranty to a Surge Protector pointless?
Do the power companys have power surge protection ?
This is really one of the best channels no youtube, its short and sweet yet still gives just enough info to educate you.
This video reminds me of that time a few months ago where a lightning strike took out our TV, satellite + cable TV STB, Apple TV and the WAN port on the router. They were all connected to a Belkin surge protector. Guess it was too strong for it.
Had to get a new set of AV equipment. And a new surge protector that offers more protection than the one before.
Tripp-lite surge protectors seem to work out really well for many.
Wouldn't a voltage surge simply reduce current draw limited by the resistance of the load?
I have a surge protector that tells me if it has protection or not. It has a green light that says "protection present" if it's on, I have protection. When the limit of Joules hits it, the light would turn off. According to dad, when the Joules limit hits a surge suppressor, it will just not work anymore and my dad knows about it.
his right hand grabs his belt every 10 secs
He is switching to the next slide...It can never be unseen now...
I would like to see a video comparing different quality surge protectors. What is the minimum ratings for a single office PC vs a dual PC workstation?
but... don't fuses die if they get a surge? because they melt... and they are in every plug and extension lead?
Ok, so, how DO you protect against a lightning strike? Is turning the surge protector switch off enough? Or does it need to be completely unplugged. I just lost over $3k worth of gear due to a lightning strike and everything was plugged into highly rated surge protectors...
Does a surge protector stop protecting after one power outage?
So what if we plugged two surge protectors into each other and then the object? Would it offer more protection, reason I think so is because the first one does the surge and the second one is keeping the rest of the energy stable.
Req Squad no. Pulls more power through a single plug on the first. More resistance, however more heat and power loss.
There was a firefighter earlier who said he comes to houses where fires have started because of daisy chaining surge protectors together. He said don’t do it.
1:38 I thought the HIGHER the voltage, the LOWER the current (amps)?
"Whenever it detects a surge it actually shunts back the extra electricity through a semiconducting material to a grounding wire which connects to that THIRD PRONG on your plug" M8, I'm in Germany, WTF is a third prong ?!
+Niclas Ahl The metal bit around the outside of the two pin euro plug. In the UK it's the longer top pin (Actually square).
MY FUCKING HEART headphones in and that thunder sound effect scared the shit out of me
I'm here because I just had a scare of frying my second PS4. Learned my lesson and replaced my Power Surge Strip.
The Xbox One power brick has a built in surge protector but no third prong. So where are the voltages going to?
Maybe neutral...
I can't unsee the hand-to-pocket promoter advance
lightning is a big problem where I live right on top of a hill on average 3 strikes hit with in 30m of my house every storm and surge protectors do nothing even $250 top end ones had one pc explode wile using it also took out $20k more of stuff so when there is a storm just unplug sensitive electronics also since I don't unplug my modem router they die basically every year or every time the dsl line takes a direct hit
Can you make a video testing major brand surge protectors please?
Tripp-lite surge protectors are the best brand you can get. I have 3 of them in my house. Just check the reviews on Amazon. They will send you a new surge protector for free if one of them gets fried. They will also reimburse you for destroyed electronics that were correctly hooked up to the surge protector.
Shaved Linus… what year is it?
Make sure before you buy them that they can run battle front. Also have a surge protector for the surge protector. That's using double protection.
I’m a firefighter and have been on many, MANY fires that have started because people like you daisy-chain surge protectors (and extension cords), which overloads/overheats the surge protector.
@@Pastymeathead but doesn't it also come from all the dust that collects on the power strips too (which is readily available fuel source/then you have all you need to start a fire/as you would obviously know as a FF) and I would think this is quite dangerous...seems to me it depends on what is all plugged in and how much voltage is being used at once...Ive never had any issues but I know it can be a big safety issue if not well thought out; I can only imagine all the needless fires that start due to stupidity and carelessness/human nature, I bet you could write a book on it
@@splash4891 yes, but most people daisy-chain because they plan on over-loading. Under the right conditions with there is a risk of fire. And yes, typically it’s in an area where dust gathers around the surge-protectors/wires followed by other fuel sources around those devices. It’s very risk and not recommended.. that’s not just me saying that; multiple sources you can find online discourage daisy-chaining surge protectors.
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I don't have any 3rd stick on my plugs.
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0:18 holy crap! Dennis! what are you doing???? :DDDDDDDD
Had electronics for over 25 years...not a single one has fried from lightning or power outages or anything else. I'd say not needed just an extra safety net unless you live in an area that's more likely to get hit.
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Why aren't there larger surge protectors that can cater for the whole house, street, or neighborhood?
Please do Headphones Burn-in Explanation :)
surge protection is good but if i don't have grounded all house, i have a line off grounding but only in kitchen what will happen if no grounding. . ???
this guy is linus tech tips
This was funny as hell and informative. Great job man on the video.
good video .. i did learn a little about surge protectors that I didn't know but .... your little graphic with the negative and positive and the (what looks like a representation of) electrons is backwards. Electrons which are the partials that "carry" electricity are negatively charged. A negative terminal has more electrons and the positive terminal has fewer therefor electricity moves from negative to positive because it always tries to "even out". Going from positive to negative is a common misconception ... maybe because everyone sees circuits terminating at ground which is negative they assume that ground is where the electricity "stops" .. lol other than that .. I did like the video ... just thought I would point that out :)
decent motherboards and power supplies also include surge protection but they should be paired with an outlet protector as well as each other
Fatherboards life's matter!
aio printer scanner dont connect to ups . connect it to apc instead.
EU has 220-240v straight from the socket
Yay! But also my console (s) never got fried. Also my speakers, tv, everything also hasn’t got fried.
I do highly appreciate for your plain talk . this is a great info channel
voltage is a difference in energy, not charge
#Techquickie #LinusTechTips 2:10 Linus it will NOT trip the circuit breaker, it will trip the differential breaker or disyuntor next to the circuit breakers, made and put there especially for that purpose.
Circuit breakers are for overpower by magnetic or heat thermocouple breaking, the first for short burst of overpower and the later for slow increase until overpower in the cable. I'm electric tech.
Can I surge protect my surge protector?
I would not do it. There is a fire fighter way back in these comments that says he has had to go to housefires where people have connected. Surge protectors to surge protectors. It’s just what he said.
No way I just now learned this, so obvious😂😭
why not jut use a UPS unit then instead of a surge protector ? a UPS does that and prevents under voltage under or over amperes and supplies power when it isn't getting any from the wall