BakerBoy17
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I'm having really bad thunderstorms and the power keeps flashing on and off. Would it be better to just turn everything off? I don't want anything to burn up.
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Aski247
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Long as all your tank stuff is on surge protectors you should be ok. That's what their for. To burn up so the things your running don't.
FrankZ
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Surge protectors are designed to help protect against small spikes and surges. They will not help with large spikes (like a lightning hit). Lightning arcs across miles of air, a little tiny air gap in a surge protector isn't going to challenge it.
That being said, when the power is restored is when the surges are largest (outside of a lightning hit) and you can loose equipment then. Cheap strips offer very little, if any real protection. Unplugging and then having a controlled replugging and power on of things in your house does help save expensive equipment.
That being said, when the power is restored is when the surges are largest (outside of a lightning hit) and you can loose equipment then. Cheap strips offer very little, if any real protection. Unplugging and then having a controlled replugging and power on of things in your house does help save expensive equipment.
