Surgers

How do you know when you need a surger and what type to buy? My
circuit keep blowing, I added two surgers and stilll it blew.

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If the circuit breaker at the electrical panel trips, you don't need
surge protectors, you need an electrician and maybe a new circuit.
If it is the surge protection itself is tripping, you're probably
overloaded on that surge protector or you indeed have a surge problem
on the circuit. Can you be more specific?

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On Sep 9, 2007, at 8:31 PM, Lyn wrote:

> How do you know when you need a surger and what type to buy? My
> circuit keep blowing, I added two surgers and stilll it blew.

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Surge protectors will not prevent an overloaded circuit from tripping.
You may need to have a larger breaker switch installed. If the current
breaker switch is 10 Amps, for example, you may need to go to a 15 amp
breaker. You might also change whats plugged into your circuits - if you
have a high draw item such as a window AC unit, or large fans,
refrigerator, etc, all sharing the circuit your machine is on, then you
need to move something to a different circuit. You may need to call an
electrician to have your circuits and breakers checked.

One thing you can do yourself is to go to the breaker that is tripping
and with it in the on position push it lightly with your finger. If it
easily pops over the the trip position then it needs replaced. Its not
something you should do yourself if you're not experienced working
around live electrical circuits. 120VAC can be deadly.

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Lyn wrote:
> How do you know when you need a surger and what type to buy? My
> circuit keep blowing, I added two surgers and stilll it blew.
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If your talkng about a surge suppressor on a puter that keeps blowing,I
would look at how much current your puter needs.

Then check those surgers for the correct rating.

If their rating is lower than what you need for your puter,you can put 100
of those on it and they`ll all blow.!

You need one at least 25% more current rating than your puter takes.

You prob got one from wally world.

If you didn`t get the good one you need it.

Also your puter may have a power supply prob that needs attention,its
drawing TOO MUCH current.

The only way to tell that is to put an amp meter in line with the power
cord,OR put a new power supply in the puter.

I could tell you in 5 minutes whats your trouble,your in MY territory with
this.

If you have ,lets say,a 3 amp surger and you find out your puter draws at
least 5 amps,then you need at least a 8 or more amp surger.

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But you must be careful, before you install a stronger breaker switch, to check whether your wiring on that circuit is dimensioned to handle the extra current load, because if it is not you may have overheating of the wiring with a possible fire hazard. If in doubt, have a qualified electrician check it.
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At 01:39 10/9/2007,Norm Higgs wrote:
&gt;Surge protectors will not prevent an overloaded circuit from tripping.
>You may need to have a larger breaker switch installed. If the current
>breaker switch is 10 Amps, for example, you may need to go to a 15 amp
>breaker. You might also change whats plugged into your circuits - if you
>have a high draw item such as a window AC unit, or large fans,
>refrigerator, etc, all sharing the circuit your machine is on, then you
>need to move something to a different circuit. You may need to call an
>electrician to have your circuits and breakers checked.
>
>;One thing you can do yourself is to go to the breaker that is tripping
>and with it in the on position push it lightly with your finger. If it
>easily pops over the the trip position then it needs replaced. Its not
>something you should do yourself if you're not experienced working
>around live electrical circuits. 120VAC can be deadly.

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True, I do not recommend making any such changes yourself - thats why I
said to have a qualified electrician check the circuits and breakers.

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Wilson Baptista Junior wrote:
&gt; But you must be careful, before you install a stronger breaker switch, to check whether your wiring on that circuit is dimensioned to handle the extra current load, because if it is not you may have overheating of the wiring with a possible fire hazard. If in doubt, have a qualified electrician check it.
> Wilson
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> At 01:39 10/9/2007,Norm Higgs wrote:
&gt;
>>; Surge protectors will not prevent an overloaded circuit from tripping.
>>; You may need to have a larger breaker switch installed. If the current
>>; breaker switch is 10 Amps, for example, you may need to go to a 15 amp
>>; breaker. You might also change whats plugged into your circuits - if you
>>; have a high draw item such as a window AC unit, or large fans,
>>; refrigerator, etc, all sharing the circuit your machine is on, then you
>>; need to move something to a different circuit. You may need to call an
>>; electrician to have your circuits and breakers checked.
>>
>> One thing you can do yourself is to go to the breaker that is tripping
>>; and with it in the on position push it lightly with your finger. If it
>>; easily pops over the the trip position then it needs replaced. Its not
>>; something you should do yourself if you're not experienced working
>>; around live electrical circuits. 120VAC can be deadly.
>>

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