Surge protector advice/questions

Mattw · 12 Mar 2008 at 09:10

Hi,

I have a set of logitech surround speakers, and fairly often the 2a time delay fuse would blow in them. One day I came to the speakers and the unit didnt work at all.

I had a warranty replacement, and within a few days the unit had blown again.

Basically im not sure why this is happening, I dont know if its poor wiring of my flat, or the sockets overloaded but I want to prevent it from happening.

Would a surge protector help? at the moment its a cheap 4 way gang. Also would a surge protector help protect devices if the socket became overloaded, eg, to many electrical devices plugged in at once.

Any finally, any specific surge protectors you guys would recommend?

Thanks

Chimerical · 12 Mar 2008 at 09:19

Any made by Belkin are recommended by me, use them myself.

Teki187 · 12 Mar 2008 at 09:21

Mattw said:
Hi,

I have a set of logitech surround speakers, and fairly often the 2a time delay fuse would blow in them. One day I came to the speakers and the unit didnt work at all.

I had a warranty replacement, and within a few days the unit had blown again.

Basically im not sure why this is happening, I dont know if its poor wiring of my flat, or the sockets overloaded but I want to prevent it from happening.

Would a surge protector help? at the moment its a cheap 4 way gang. Also would a surge protector help protect devices if the socket became overloaded, eg, to many electrical devices plugged in at once.

Any finally, any specific surge protectors you guys would recommend?

Thanks

It would help, but bare in mind it'll blow the fuse in the surge protector and you'd have to keep replacing the fuse in that.

Depending on the model/make you choose, it might also automatically switch the power off if the fuse breaks.

davethe11 · 12 Mar 2008 at 09:46

surge protectors are a must in my opinion, quality ones are relatively cheap (I use a belkin) and may save you a lot of money in hardware - at the very least it gives me peace of mind.

Mattw · 12 Mar 2008 at 11:45

Teki187 said:
Depending on the model/make you choose, it might also automatically switch the power off if the fuse breaks.

That sounds like a good feature to have, is there any techincal name for it I should be looking for in product descriptions?

badbob · 12 Mar 2008 at 11:48

Do you have 5000/5500 by any chance? Supposed to have a well known fault for blowing fuses. If nothing else blows on the strip then the log at fault.

A surge/spike protector will help reduce the damage in the worst case scenario. A UPS is even better though.

OLDPHART · 12 Mar 2008 at 11:53

Can,t go wrong with Belkin, plus your equipment is insured.

Mattw · 12 Mar 2008 at 17:46

Thanks guy, have gone for a Belkin PureAV

Is there anything further I could do to help protect the Z-5500's? They were the only thing that blew on the strip