Good surge protector?

[frankyk]

What's a good surge protector to get? I want to protect my HDTV and such and I have no idea how to find out if they are 'reliable' or not.

I was thinking: http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-12-Out...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1213290553&sr=8-1

but I'm not sure. None of the reviews actually stated an actual surge. Does anyone have any experience with this and can recommend a good one?

 

[AndonSage]

I use the Monster Cable PowerCenter HTS 2000 MKII - $148.62 for my 52" Sony LCD HDTV / entertainment system. Works well, and includes "Clean Power" to reduce line noise.

 

[engiNURD]

The Power subforum would be a better place for this. Ask a mod to move it for you.

 

[frankyk]

can a mod move this post to the power forum?

 

[Nightwing749]

hmm.. maybe i should get rid of my half melted surge and get a new one. Lol.

 

[roarsoar]

any UPS would work great as a surge protector

 

[larrymoencurly]

One of the higher-priced APC or Tripp-Lite models that contains a choke-capacitor line/RF filter in addition to the MOVs because not only does the line filter stop some surges the MOVs can't touch (like those from laser printers, fluorescent lamps, big electric motors), but usually the manufacturer puts in more or heavier MOVs in such models. But some companies claim their products contain a line filter even when it consists of nothing but a single capacitor (some Belkins are like that).

 

[Akucaen]

Anything from APC would be decent/good quality.

 

[[Spectre]]

Anything from APC would be decent/good quality.

Not really. APC markets everything from junk to good products.

 

[larrymoencurly]

Here's Consumer Reports Jan. 2000 test of surge supressors. Apparently all the APC models performed well, contrary to what I wrote earlier,

And here's a review they did back in Nov. 1994:

 

[Sphere]

Sorry man, but results from 2000 aren't exactly valid in present day.

 

[Gorankar]

I use the Monster Cable PowerCenter HTS 2000 MKII - $148.62 for my 52" Sony LCD HDTV / entertainment system. Works well, and includes "Clean Power" to reduce line noise.

For that price range, I would be rather partial to using a brand name ups with avr over a surge protector.