Quote from: Elliander on January 04, 2018, 09:02:42 PM

I'd like to. That's why I created a topic titled "ARE THERE 240v surge protectors and watt meters for AMERICAN MINERS?" I mean, it's right there. I couldn't be more clear than that. I have explicitly stated that I am looking to spend my money on these products.

Unfortunately you have lumped many unrelated anomalies into one common topic. No relationship exists between surge protection and those other anomalies.

Every layer of protection is never defined by a protector. An effective protector is only a connecting device to what does the protection. If that protector does not make a low impedance (ie less than 10 foot) connection to earth, then it is not a layer of protection. An item that absorbs hundreds of thousands of joules is protection.

Words protector and protection have completely different meanings.

No power strip will discuss numbers that define protection. How many joules does that 120 or 240 volt protector claim to 'absorb'? 'Block' or 'absorb' is what it must do. Potentially destructive surges easily blow through such near zero devices. Worse, an adjacent protector can compromise what is already superior protection inside every miner. Yes, an adjacent protector simply gives a potentially destructive surge more destructive paths into a miner - directly into semiconductors.

How often have you replaced a dishwasher, furnace, GFCIs, clocks, microwave, dimmer switches, and smoke detectors? Potentially destructive surges are rare - maybe once every seven years. Those other appliances say how often surges existed. A number that can vary significantly even in the same venue. Other anomalies (ie blackouts) have no relationship to and are completely irrelevant to a topic about hardware protection.

If no 'whole house' protector exists at the service entrance, then plug-in protectors are not protected. Even fire is an unacceptable possibility. So many options exist. 'Whole house' solution can be part of each breaker. It is usually installed on the breaker box on its own breaker. Installed in the meter pan. Or even rented from and installed by the electric company behind the meter.

That is your 'secondary' protection layer. Also learn about and inspect your 'primary' protection layer. A simple rule exists. A protector (any protector) is only as effective as its earth ground. Each layer of protection is only defined by earth ground - not by any protector.

Each layer of protection will always answer this question. Where do hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly dissipate? A protector is only as effective as its earth ground. Effective protection always means no surge is anywhere inside the building. Once inside, then nothing (as in nothing) will avert that destructive hunt for earth via electronics. Facilities that cannot have damage do not waste money on adjacent protectors. And always (as in always) properly earth a 'whole house' solution.

All this is unrelated to other power anomalies. He has not derailed your thread. You have combined a hodge-podge of unrelated and some completely mythcial anomalies into a single magic box solution. Each should have been originally defined in separate threads. A fear of smart meters should have been disposed when a fool or scam artist first suggested it to you.