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I think you're looking at the device and misreading the key feature. It's not a "surge protector". It's a "powerstrip". They key feature is that it's an exte
by jasonkester 6y ago
I think you're looking at the device and misreading the key feature.
It's not a "surge protector". It's a "powerstrip".
They key feature is that it's an extension cord with six outlets on it. It only has a power switch and circuit breaker because everybody else's model has those things and they only add a penny to the cost.
- bradknowles 6y agoBoth existed, and in many cases it wasn’t exactly clear which was which. Moreover, surge protectors used sacrificial components that would not age well, and they would stop being effective at their job. But you’d look at the LED and it would still be green, so you’d think you were safe. And most people didn’t know that you weren’t supposed to plug a surge protector into another surge protector. There was much confusion, and to a degree there still is.
- jasonkester 6y agoIndeed. I was there for it. My point is that nobody actually cared about surge protection, so none of that mattered.