Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.misc > #4441 > unrolled thread

Let's Take a Trip Inside a Power Strip!

Back to article view | Back to comp.misc

Contents

  Let's Take a Trip Inside a Power Strip! Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-17 00:48 +0000
    Re: Let's Take a Trip Inside a Power Strip! Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-08-17 09:40 +0100
      Re: Let's Take a Trip Inside a Power Strip! Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> - 2014-08-17 10:26 +0100
    Re: Let's Take a Trip Inside a Power Strip! RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-17 16:23 +0000

#4441 — Let's Take a Trip Inside a Power Strip!

http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/661-power-strip-bar-surge-protection.html

   The PC's Underappreciated Protector

   We often mention power supplies when we talk about the unsung heroes of
   enthusiast computing. But what about the humble power bar? Aside from
   the obvious task of providing multiple outlets for all of the gadgets
   you have around your computer, they also provide a central, common
   ground location for all of that equipment, minimizing ground loops. Most
   bars also give you some degree of surge suppression and power filtering.

   In this picture story, we're taking a look at what goes on inside of a
   vintage APC Performance SurgeArrest (specifically, model PF11VT3-CN).

   ...

[toc] | [next] | [standalone]

#4444

In article <PvB+jqVjkCr6KgUrakKu/wCD@dont-email.me>, Rich
<rich@example.invalid> wrote:

>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/661-power-strip-bar-surge-protection.
> html
> 
>    The PC's Underappreciated Protector
> 
>    We often mention power supplies when we talk about the unsung heroes of
>    enthusiast computing. But what about the humble power bar? Aside from
>    the obvious task of providing multiple outlets for all of the gadgets
>    you have around your computer, they also provide a central, common
>    ground location for all of that equipment, minimizing ground loops. Most
>    bars also give you some degree of surge suppression and power filtering.
> 
>    In this picture story, we're taking a look at what goes on inside of a
>    vintage APC Performance SurgeArrest (specifically, model PF11VT3-CN).

That's a foreign one and has no relevance here.

-- 
"The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to
 lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores 
 the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them
 into it in the first place."                             - Douglas Adams

[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]

#4445

Tim Streater wrote:

>That's a foreign one and has no relevance here.

Foreign to where?

Chris
-- 
Chris J Dixon  Nottingham UK
chris@cdixon.me.uk

Plant amazing Acers.

[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]

#4453

On 2014-08-17, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>
>    The PC's Underappreciated Protector
>
>    We often mention power supplies when we talk about the unsung
>    heroes of enthusiast computing. But what about the humble power
>    bar? Aside from the obvious task of providing multiple outlets for
>    all of the gadgets you have around your computer, they also provide
>    a central, common ground location for all of that equipment,
>    minimizing ground loops. Most bars also give you some degree of
>    surge suppression and power filtering.
>
>    In this picture story, we're taking a look at what goes on inside
>    of a vintage APC Performance SurgeArrest (specifically, model
>    PF11VT3-CN).
>
>    ...

I'm envious of the days I could just plug things into a power strip.
You've heard me mention before I live in Senegal, where the quality of
AC power is atrocious.  My important equipment (PC, NAS, router, ADSL
modem) are all protected by a bevy of voltage regulators, battery
backups, some transformers, and then finally the surge protectors.  Even
then when the power gets wonky I run around and shut down systems
entirely.  When the AC is going ka-thunk, ka-thunk, it's better to just
read a book and write with a pen and ink.

[toc] | [prev] | [standalone]

Back to top | Article view | comp.misc

csiph-web