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CATASTROPHIC EVENT PROTECTION SURGEARRESTS COMPONENTS SUCH AS MOVS AND THERMAL FUSE ENSURE INSTANTANEOUS REACTION TO LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIRING FAULTS. IF THE SURGE COMPONENTS ARE DAMAGED DUE TO POWER SPIKE OR OVER VOLTAGE, EXCESS POWER CANNOT REACH YOUR EQUIPMENT. UNLIKE APC'S SURGEARREST PRODUCTS, MOST SURGE SUPPRESSORS CONTINUE TO LET POWER THROUGH EVEN AFTER CIRCUITS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, LEAVING YOUR EQUIPMENT EXPOSED TO OTHER DAMAGING SURGES.
DATA-LINE PROTECTION PROTECTION OF DATA LINES (ETHERNET, COAXIAL AND PHONE LINES) ENSURES COMPLETE PROTECTION OF YOUR EQUIPMENT FROM SURGES. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT YOUR EQUIPMENT FROM "BACK DOOR" SURGES TRAVELING THROUGH DATA LINES, AS THEY CAN BE AS DAMAGING TO YOUR EQUIPMENT AS SURGES TRAVELING OVER POWER LINES.
LIGHTNING AND SURGE PROTECTION BASIC SURGE PROTECTORS COMPONENTS SUCH AS MOVS AND THERMAL FUSE ENSURE INSTANTANEOUS REACTION TO LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIRING FAULTS. IF THE SURGE COMPONENTS ARE DAMAGED DUE TO POWER SPIKE OR OVER VOLTAGE, EXCESS POWER CANNOT REACH YOUR EQUIPMENT. UNLIKE APC'S SURGE PROTECTOR PRODUCTS, MOST SURGE SUPPRESSORS CONTINUE TO LET POWER THROUGH EVEN AFTER CIRCUITS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, LEAVING YOUR EQUIPMENT EXPOSED TO OTHER DAMAGING SURGES.
FAIL SAFE MODE MOST OTHER SURGE SUPPRESSORS CONTINUE TO LET POWER THROUGH EVEN AFTER THEIR CIRCUITS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, LEAVING YOUR EQUIPMENT EXPOSED TO FUTURE SURGES. APCS SURGEARREST FAIL SAFE, WHICH MEANS THAT ONCE THE CIRCUIT OF AN APC SURGEARREST HAS BEEN COMPROMISED THE UNIT DISCONNECTS EQUIPMENT FROM THE POWER SUPPLY ENSURING THAT NO DAMAGING SURGES REACH YOUR EQUIPMENT.
180 DEGREE ROTATING CORD RETAINER A 180-DEGREE ROTATING CORD WITH STRAIN RELIEF OFFERS FLEXIBILITY IN POSITIONING THE SURGEARREST, AND IN ROUTING THE POWER CORD.
ADJUSTABLE CABLE MANAGEMENT KEEPS CORDS AND CABLES NEAT AND ORGANIZED.
ALWAYS ON OUTLETS 8 OUTLET MODELS OFFER DEDICATED SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE WIDE TRANSFORMER BLOCKS WITHOUT COVERING ADJOINING OUTLETS AND 2 ALWAYS ON OUTLETS. YOU CAN PLUG 8 POWER CORDS INCLUDING 3 TRANSFORMERS AT THE SAME TIME.
BUILDING WIRING FAULT INDICATOR IF THIS INDICATOR GOES OUT, SURGE SUPPRESSION CIRCUITRY HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY A HEAVY STRIKE OR POWER LINE SURGE.
OVERLOAD INDICATOR INDICATOR ILLUMINATES WHEN CONNECTED EQUIPMENT DRAWS MORE POWER THAN UNITS CAPACITY. TO REMEDY THE CONDITION, UNPLUG LESS VITAL EQUIPMENT.
PHONE LINE SPLITTER ALLOWS USE OF TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AT ONCE, SUCH AS A MODEM AND PHONE.
RIGHT ANGLE PLUG PLUG ANGLE ALLOWS FOR EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE TO BE PLACED CLOSER TO THE WALL THAN WITH A STANDARD POWER CORD. REDUCES CORD STRESS TOO.
TRANSFORMER BLOCK SPACING CONNECT BULKY TRANSFORMER BLOCK PLUGS WITHOUT COVERING UP OTHER OUTLETS.
BUILDING WIRING FAULT INDICATOR IMMEDIATELY WARNS YOU OF WIRING PROBLEMS LIKE IMPROPER GROUNDS THAT COULD CAUSE SHOCKS OR PREVENT ADEQUATELY SUPPRESSING SURGES.
IEEE LET-THROUGH RATING AND UL 1449 COMPLIANCE IEEE TESTS SIMULATE A SURGE OF 6.000 VOLTS, SUCH AS IN A DIRECT LIGHTNING HIT. LET THROUGH RATING INDICATES THE MAXIMUM VOLTAGE THAT WILL REACH YOUR EQUIPMENT WHEN SUPPRESSED BY A SURGE PROTECTOR. LOWER LET THROUGH RATING INDICATES BETTER PROTECTION. ULS BEST AVAILABLE RATING AGAINST DEVASTATING SURGES AND SPIKES IS 330V OF LET THROUGH.
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