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Posted by Bob S. on July 12, 2005, 10:47 am
Rob Mills wrote:
> Been snooping around and notice that the cheap (office depot and etc)
> plastic strip (5 recep) surge protectors have only one MOV but the more
> expensive ones have one MOV at each receptacle. Looks to me as if you could
> use metal recep boxes that would hold two or three receps and place a MOV
> across each recep, put a metal cover on it and a short 3 wire 12 gauge cord
> and have a much better surge protector to protect sensitive equipment for
> not much more than the computer/office stores want for the plastic cased
> ones.
What's wrong with pulling the wall receptacle and placing a MOV across
the hot/ground terminals? Gets rid of the ugly box, protects anything
plugged into it plus down-stream receptacles. Of course you'd have to
remember where it was in case it ever shorted.
Bob S.
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