What is a Surge Protector?
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Both objects allow you to plug in multiple items, and draw power rotten of one wall receptacle. A power strip is just multiple plugs, but a surge protector have circuitry built in that will protect the devices plugged into it from any sudden spikes of current. A surge protector is a better buy, and usually singular a few dollars more.
a surge protector protects your computer by keeping your computer safe when the power go out.
a power strip only expands an receptacle by giving more outlets.
they preserve the computer from frying
(its the extension of the power outlet that creates more outlets)
A surge protector is a gadget designed to protect electrical devices (like a PC) from power surges and voltage spikes such a lightening strike.
A power strip is a strip of sockets that attaches to the end of a flexible cable and allows multiple devices to be plugged surrounded by.
many power strips also own surge protector hw built into them.
All a power strip does is provide you with more outlets. A surge protector have fuses and/or circuit breakers in it that will trip within the event of a surge or spike, essentially putting a barrier between an outside power surge and your computer, keeping your computer from getting fried. The surge protector doesn't other survive the event, but it's better to replace a surge protector that costs forty bucks or so than a computer system worth possibly thousands.
To make an analogy, expect of your computer as the President, and a power surge as an assassin's bullet. The surge protector is the Secret Service agent leaping contained by front of the President and taking the bullet.
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