Although i did not understand everything to the fullest because of my next to zero knowledge of electronics but i get the basic idea that a properly earthed one home connector is all that will help in preventing any damage the surge may cause. I am not sure if the wiring here is properly grounded, but i have no idea on how to check and what to do if it is not.
If wiring inside a house is relevant, then the surge is inside. Once inside, a surge goes hunting for earth destructively via appliances. Nothing inside a house does protection. Nothing. Interior wiring is irrelevant to protection.
If you comprehend any article in a first reading, then it was mostly about things you already knew. The above post only contains layman concepts. Requires zero electronics knowledge. Those simple concepts so new that one must reread it at least three times. It’s not complex - just new.
If your PC is plugged into a surge protector, then it connects to something that does not claim any effective protection. And can sometimes make surge damage easier. I cannot be blunter about this. This was not grasped if you only read it once:
Read numeric spec sheets for that Belkin. Post each numbers that claims protection from that type of surge. No numbers will be posted.
If that Belkin did protection, then you posted those numbers. It was not a rhetorical a question. It was a demand for facts. Go get those Belkin spec numbers now. Don’t take my word for it. Read Belkin’s numbers that define protection. Posted was a request for you to act - what is necessary to have damning questions. Stop reading. Get those numbers.
Protection is always about where energy dissipates. That concept was critical. Anyone who recommends protection must always say where energy dissipates. Belkin does not. Where does surge energy dissipate? If permitted inside, then destructively via appliances. Again, what was posted:
Protection is always about where energy dissipates. Either energy is inside hunting for earth destructively via appliances. A hunt made easier when the protector is too close to electronics. Or energy dissipates harmlessly outside. Does not even damage a 'whole house' protector.
A 'whole house' protector is earthed. Wall receptacles only have a safety ground - not earth ground. The point was made repeatedly with an important number:
But that means the protector connects hundreds of thousands of joules short (ie 'less than 10 feet') to single point earth ground.
You should have plenty of questions. In part because:
The superior solution also costs tens or 100 times less money.
It was not an idle statement.
Most of this may not make any sense until you go to Lowe's et al to touch one. Ask the salesman for a Cutler-Hammer 'whole house' protector. Open its box. Find the dedicated green wire for a short connection to earth. All effective protectors must have that connection.
Then ask for copper clad steel ground rods. No protect
or does protect
ion. Those rods are where hundreds of thousands of joules dissipate. If you don't touch it, then like me, you have no idea what is posted here.
Some protection systems have no protectors. But every protection system always - as in no exceptions - always has earthing. Not safety ground. Earth ground. Every incoming cable connects to an earth ground via a wire. Or makes that connection via a protector. Don't let others, who are easily deceived by advertising, confuse you. The protect
or does not do protect
ion. Ten foot ground rods (or something equivalent) do it.
Above only introduces concepts. How a protection system is implemented is best understood only after these basics are understood. Did you know only you are responsible for installation and maintenance of that ground rod - especially for human safety?
Wiring inside a house is irrelevant to surge protection. And as stated previously:
A hunt made easier when the protector is too close to electronics.
The post was written at a layman's reading level. Concepts are so new as to require multiple rereads. Listed were more responsible manufacturers who provide solutions. Belkin was not listed for many good reasons. Reason number one: protection is always about where energy dissipates. How do hundreds of joules in a Belkin magically absorb hundreds of thousands of joules? Two: a protector is only as effective as its earth ground. Why does a Belkin not have an earthing wire and does not even discuss earthing? Damning questions that any layman could and is encouraged to ask. A Belkin may even make damage to an adjacent computer easier. That sentence alone should raise eyebrows and cause more questions.
A protector is only as effective as its earth ground. Therefore every facility that cannot suffer damage, instead, earths a 'whole house' protector. Best protection is distant from electronics and as close to earth ground as possible. Just another reason why computer is best connected directly to a wall receptacle. As stated previously:
That separation is important for better protection.
