Woot Sellout has the Power Sentry S10056800103/17 PowerSquid 540 Joule Surge Suppressor for $9.99 plus $5 shipping. You can get two for $14.98 shipped or three for $19.97 shipped. (Hint: Get 3)
The last deal was pretty popular. This one is a dollar more, but it has a surge protector.
Features:
* 5 flexible outlets separate cords that are all adapter spaced accommodate multiple devices without crowding * Master on/off switch controls power to the outlets on the surge protector * Power indicator light, indicates that the surge protector is drawing power from the AC outlet * Built-in keyhole slots for wall mounting * 3 Foot, 14 gauge grounded durable power cord
Specifications:
* 540 joules * 5 grounded adapter-ready outlets * Power BlockerŪ automatic shutdown technology * EMI/RFI noise filtration up to 40dB * Protection and ground indicator lights
BTW, only 540 Joules surge protection? That's seems light, but I've read conflicting views on how important that rating can be. It'll do the job, but only absorb 540 Joules before failing and needing to be replaced.
sellout.woot.com redirects to yahoo shopping. and oh yeah, this is a great price. they were selling the ones without surge suppression for the same price a few weeks back.
If you try to directly go to that site, it redirects to Yahoo Shopping.Really? Works for me. The link I posted goes right to sellout.woot every time. I do see it's in partnership with yahoo shoping so I guess it's the same thing... but it wasn't showing the powersquid on the yahoo shopping link you posted, but it IS on the sellout.woot.com link.
EDIT: Okay, it IS showing the power squid on the yahoo page now too. Before when I tried it was still showing the PC for whatever reason.
i bought some green ones at target b&m this morning for $6.98 w/o the surge suppressor. the white ones at target were marked down to $9.98. i guess i'll be returning the green ones i bought today. i'd rather have the black ones w/surge supression. i just ordered 3. thanks OP!
this IS a good deal, even though they are only 540 Joules. I got 2 of the same thing, except 1080 joules of protection - from ThingFling a few weeks back for 9.99 each plus 6.00 shipping. They were Philips, and white. Needless to say, I'm in for 3, because what's another Jackson, after all.
Not to TC, but here's a suggestion: if you need a simple extension, or outlet multiplier, you can also head to Taarget/KayMart/Wallyworld and get all kinds of Xmas outlets dirt cheap. Unless you mind they are green, of course.
Don't assume the surge protector version is always the better choice, it depends on the application. The non-surge version is for plugging into an existing surge protector, power station, Monster Power, UPS, etc. You're not supposed to plug one surge protector into another.
Toddler said: Don't assume the surge protector version is always the better choice, it depends on the application. The non-surge version is for plugging into an existing surge protector, power station, Monster Power, UPS, etc. You're not supposed to plug one surge protector into another.
So obvious I assumed even a toddler would know not to plug a surge protector into a surge protector
CollegeRamenEater said: Toddler said: Don't assume the surge protector version is always the better choice, it depends on the application. The non-surge version is for plugging into an existing surge protector, power station, Monster Power, UPS, etc. You're not supposed to plug one surge protector into another.
So obvious I assumed even a toddler would know not to plug a surge protector into a surge protector
fatwillit said: CollegeRamenEater said: Toddler said: Don't assume the surge protector version is always the better choice, it depends on the application. The non-surge version is for plugging into an existing surge protector, power station, Monster Power, UPS, etc. You're not supposed to plug one surge protector into another.
So obvious I assumed even a toddler would know not to plug a surge protector into a surge protector
I did not know.
Why Not?
Yeah, I thought it was a strange statement myself .
fatwillit said: CollegeRamenEater said: Toddler said: Don't assume the surge protector version is always the better choice, it depends on the application. The non-surge version is for plugging into an existing surge protector, power station, Monster Power, UPS, etc. You're not supposed to plug one surge protector into another.
So obvious I assumed even a toddler would know not to plug a surge protector into a surge protector
I did not know.
Why Not?
In the words of Bill Engvall: "There's your sign."
I doubt it matters if you plug one surge protector into another. Crutchfield doesn't think it does (though they have a good point about loading scenarios..but that IS obvious). Sounds like one of those old wive's tales to me.
VcdeChagn said: I doubt it matters if you plug one surge protector into another. Crutchfield doesn't think it does (though they have a good point about loading scenarios..but that IS obvious). Sounds like one of those old wive's tales to me.
In any case, this would have been handy but the deal is dead.
It absolutely matters and is not a "wive's tale!" Never daisy chain "surge protectors" or power strips. You do not increase protection and you will likely trip a breaker by creating too much demand on the circuit. Worst case, you can start a fire.
BUT THIS IS BASED ON ACTUALLY APPLYING LOADS TO THE POWER STRIPS.
BTW, only 540 Joules surge protection? That's seems light, but I've read conflicting views on how important that rating can be. It'll do the job, but only absorb 540 Joules before failing and needing to be replaced.
Use this product as you would a power strip, nothing more. I would not recommend this for any ht gear. Joule rating is a manipulated value and virtually meaningless. You want to see the single impulse surge current capacity as indicated in amps per mode.
wingate20 said: VcdeChagn said: I doubt it matters if you plug one surge protector into another. Crutchfield doesn't think it does (though they have a good point about loading scenarios..but that IS obvious). Sounds like one of those old wive's tales to me.
In any case, this would have been handy but the deal is dead.
It absolutely matters and is not a "wive's tale!" Never daisy chain "surge protectors" or power strips. You do not increase protection and you will likely trip a breaker by creating too much demand on the circuit. Worst case, you can start a fire.
You are confusing "surge protector" with "UPS". It matter how many surge protectors I plug into each other - they won't trip the circuit, as they don't push enough AMPs. That is the only thing that will trip a breaker. If I daisy chain 5 CP's and only plug in 20 cell phone chargers, I probably wouldn't overload or trip the circuit.
On the other hand, if I used ONE PS, and plugged in 5 hairdryers and ran them mall at once I probably would. Substitute laser printers or any other high drawing piece of equipment here.
Anyhoo, it was a good deal while it lasted. Green for OP!
csizzlin said: wingate20 said: VcdeChagn said: I doubt it matters if you plug one surge protector into another. Crutchfield doesn't think it does (though they have a good point about loading scenarios..but that IS obvious). Sounds like one of those old wive's tales to me.
In any case, this would have been handy but the deal is dead.
It absolutely matters and is not a "wive's tale!" Never daisy chain "surge protectors" or power strips. You do not increase protection and you will likely trip a breaker by creating too much demand on the circuit. Worst case, you can start a fire.
You are confusing "surge protector" with "UPS". It matter how many surge protectors I plug into each other - they won't trip the circuit, as they don't push enough AMPs. That is the only thing that will trip a breaker. If I daisy chain 5 CP's and only plug in 20 cell phone chargers, I probably wouldn't overload or trip the circuit.
On the other hand, if I used ONE PS, and plugged in 5 hairdryers and ran them mall at once I probably would. Substitute laser printers or any other high drawing piece of equipment here.
Anyhoo, it was a good deal while it lasted. Green for OP!
wingate20 said: Completely false.I'm amazed by how many different people here don't know what they are talking about, but are taking such strong positions. A Surge Suppressor is not adding anything negative to the circuit, other than extra plug capacity (which by itself isn't negative, only if you plug in too much to the circuit). Most of you are right about some of what you are saying though.
Let's say you did plug in twenty 1-amp cell phone chargers into your chained surge suppressors. All of the current is additive so the first surge suppressor will need to be able to handle the 20 amps or it's circuit will blow. You're also now putting 20 amps over a single wall outlet and a single wire to your ciruit breaker. You might have a 20amp circuit breaker in your breaker box, but that one outlet wire may not be rated for 20 amps. If you split your surge suppressors between 6 different outlets in the room, guess what, it's still sending the current to the same circuit (and those outlets were probably daisy-chain wired together). The current might be split between multiple lines to the circuit box, or it might not. You're not going to know that unless you know how your house is wired.
There are many factors you guys aren't even talking about. As a rule of thumb, don't daisy chain surge suppressors OR power strips together. If it's at work, you'll get a violation from the fire marshall if he sees it.
wingate20 said: I'd like to know your purpose in doing this to start with? If you're not going to overload the circuit, why do you need all the outlets? If you want protection, why aren't you using one unit that will actually provide real surge protection?I might be running the daisy chain under carpeting and I like to split the circuit off in different directions.
VirtuaL said: JackOfAllTrades said: There are many factors you guys aren't even talking about. As a rule of thumb, don't daisy chain surge suppressors OR power strips together. If it's at work, you'll get a violation from the fire marshall if he sees it. Is it actually a violation of fire code? I currently have power strips connected to my UPS, to provide more plugs for my UPS, for power bricks.
I'm interested in using the non-surge power squids for this purpose, because I've heard it's bad to connect a surge to a UPS, due to the way that MOVs short the output to ground. (Shorting out the UPS's inverter in the process.)It would depend on your local fire code, but I would imagine that is standard code for office environments because employees are not going to understand what they are doing.
That office was in a suburb of Chicago. They made random inspections and I know they infrastructure guys would get REALLY mad when the office failed an inspection because some employee daisy chained the power strips or surge protectors. In case you didn't know, you also can't put carpeting on top of an extension cord, power strip, or surge suppressor.
All personal attacks aside, I think this thread was interesting. I did not know that surge suppression was additive (you guys only mean on the last power strip, stuff plugged into the first surge suppressor in the chain only get suppression from the first surge suppressor).
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