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It has one light that confirms it's grounded and another light that says protected. I chose this brand because the computer guy at work told me that this company is very good about replacing surge protectors that don't work. This surge protector has room for everything I want to plug in. I feel good about this purchase.
I checked on Amazon, bought the Tripp Lite. The salesman sold me the Monster Protector, $$$, for my LCD TV. I am very pleased and returned the over-priced Monster :) Although it is unlikely that any surge protector will prevent a direct hit, this looks like a quality surge protector, with guarantees if your equipment is damaged.
I have had two for many years and just picked up a third. The long cord and price of this (more than competent)unit makes "bi-circuiting" easy and affordable. Well built, the older units are still, as new. A powerful receiver, sub, big screen TV and all the periferial components often require more Amps than a standard 15 or 20 Amp circuit can provide. A single,expensive,surge protector/suppressor can not do this. I have not been surged. It is better to use two circuits. Others have stated that they are effective.
After reviewing several brands and models, I decided on two of the Tripp Lite and two Belkins. Now I did select free shipping, and both the Belkins and Tripp Lite were both stocked, sold and shipped by Amazon at the time. The Tripp Lite 810NET will protect all of your electronic devices and connections. Besides power, the unit has a phone jack set, an ethernet RJ45 jack set, and a coax connector set. I chose the Tripp Lite because of its on/off switch, although I found out after they finally arrived that the Belkins do have a power switch on the end. It was a little over 2 weeks before I even got my shipping notice.
Installation was simple and no different than a regular power strip. The unit comes with a nice long heavy duty cord. So no matter how you connect, your covered with these units. The units I purchased and recieved were supposed to come with all the cables, IE: A 5' Cat 5 Patch Cable, a 5' Coax Patch Cable and a 5' phone line.
Someone stole the Cat 5 cable from one, and the Coax cable for the other. My only other beef was that it took 4 weeks to get the items. After our second major lightning strike in less than a year, I decided to buy top notch surge protectors for all my electronics. The models I recieved had the flat angled plug on the end, and personally I think they are a nuisance.
The units are made of high quality plastics and the recepticles have individual covers to keep the dust and dirt out. A nice feature, and one they should have applied to the phone and ethernet jacks as well as they are harder to clean. Even for free shipping, this was poor service.
Little to write yet - we have pretty dirty power, and I am waiting to see if it can deal with our occasional surges. So far, it has done well on a couple.
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