The more surges they dampen, the fewer surges they can dampen. So, yeah, time to upgrade. (Emerald? Blast from the past....)
We have a very large box of them, that Robin no longer uses for her company. Almost everything in the house that is on an extension cord, is also on a surge suppressor now.
While you are thinking about that - are your TVs, routers, stereo and other expensive electronics all on surge suppressors? These years, a lot of homes lose a lot of equipment because of a lightening strike on their local circuit. Robin purchased a SERIOUS "power conditioner" for our most expensive electronics, and we will be using that again for the new "media center" she wants to construct.
You may also want to consider, instead of a simple surge suppressor for your office setup, a battery backup system instead. Place your router and wireless base station on that as well... They are relatively inexpensive these days, and you can get a used one for almost nothing, and just replace the batteries.
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Date: 2008-01-03 06:30 pm (UTC)We have a very large box of them, that Robin no longer uses for her company. Almost everything in the house that is on an extension cord, is also on a surge suppressor now.
While you are thinking about that - are your TVs, routers, stereo and other expensive electronics all on surge suppressors? These years, a lot of homes lose a lot of equipment because of a lightening strike on their local circuit. Robin purchased a SERIOUS "power conditioner" for our most expensive electronics, and we will be using that again for the new "media center" she wants to construct.
You may also want to consider, instead of a simple surge suppressor for your office setup, a battery backup system instead. Place your router and wireless base station on that as well... They are relatively inexpensive these days, and you can get a used one for almost nothing, and just replace the batteries.