A surge that tiny is routinely converted by electronics into rock stable, low DC voltages to safely power semiconductors. Apparently lies from a bogus publications such as wirecutter.com were read ... and automatically believed. Every recommendation there is devoid of any relevant numbers - first indication of a scam. We were all taught the need for perspective in school science. And still a majority believe it must be true only because someone ordered us to believe it.I'm not westom but I did stay at a Holiday Inn recently so I would say buy the one with protection for 2000+ joules, the higher the better.
Effective ;protection always - as in always - answers this question. Where do hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly dissipate? No plug-in protector (and every one in wirecutter.com) will even attempt to answer that question. Otherwise profits will be harmed.
Better protection is already inside all electronics. Worese, plug-in protectors can even compromise (bypass) that superior protection. Why would anyone spend tens of times more money for tiny joules protectors that can do this during a potentially destructive surge?
"House fire caused by faulty surge protector not on recall list, Kingwood chief says": [quote}
A pre-dawn fire at a home here yesterday was caused by a surge protector/power strip that overheated and caught fire, the township fire company chief reported today.
Chief Jason Narbonne said today that the surge protector wasn't overloaded; none of the electronics attached to it were in use and the protector appeared to be a newer model.
"It wasn't one of the surge protectors that was recalled," the chief said. "It was faulty."[/quote]
Recall list? APC recently admitted that some 15 million plug-in protectors must be removed immediately due to so many hundreds of house fires ... created by tiny joules protectors that must somehow 'block' or 'absorb' hundreds of thousands of joules. A paltry 2000 joules is what a scam artist would have us believe.
Best protection for guests of would already be installed by responsible Inn Keepers. Did hearsay, advertising, wild speculation, subjective recommendations and other lies forget to mention any of this ... to protect profit margins?
Informed consumers properly earth products from other companies well know by any guy for integrity. Including Intermatic, Square D, Ditek, Siemens, Polyphaser (an industry benchmark), Syscom, Leviton, ABB, Delta, Erico, and Cutler-Hammer (Eaton). Each has a dedicated wire for what does all protection - single point earth ground. All come with numbers that define protection even from direct lightning strikes without failure. Since effective protector must remains functional after many surges even many decades later. However, most are educated by hearsay and wild speculation such as wirecutter.com. Scams even claim a tiny 2000 joules protector will magically absorb hundreds of thousands of joules.