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June 18, 2009

Power Strips: Not Just Extra Plugs

Filed under: Power Strips — admin @ 5:12 pm

Surge protectors, or power strips, are great for providing extra outlets for all of your gadgets, home computing, and entertainment devices. Surge protectors also serve as protection for all of your favorite electrical equipment in the case of a sudden power surge, the kind that can happen during a storm or spike in voltage. Even if you don’t need the extra outlets, Cables Plus urges you to plug your most important computing devices into a power strip and save the life of your electronics. Although today’s computers and cable devices are sophisticated, they still cannot withstand a sudden surge of power and leaving your devices plugged into a regular outlet leaves them vulnerable to voltage spikes.

Surge protectors work by diverting the extra voltage to the grounding wire with the strip. Like all things, the technology around surge protection has grown over the years and there are now four basic levels of power strips available to consumers. Cables Plus offers surge protectors ranging in price to fit every need - whether you are business or residential. We recognize that no matter what information is being stored on your machine, its value is critical to you and we take data preservation very seriously. Today’s computers offer more than just entertainment or word processing and its worth the investment in surge protection to save your expensive equipment.

Power surges can happen at any time: whether its lightening from a storm, running high voltage household appliances, downed power lines, bad wires, or even problems with your equipment. Don’t take a chance with your electronics, save them with power strips.

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January 8, 2009

Surge Protectors and Power Strips

Filed under: Power Strips, Surge Protectors — admin @ 4:25 pm

A surge protector is an electrical contrivance that is used to protect electrical equipment from power surges or voltage spikes.  A power surge is able to increase the electrical energy of an electrical device so that it goes above the allocated level of the flow of electricity.  If power goes above the allotted level then the surge protector is there to foil the power surge from annihilating your computer or other electrical devices.

If there is a voltage spike, which is usually shorter than power surge, the surge protector will short to ground voltage above a secure limit.  These devices are also sometimes called suppressors.  Although a surge protector may often have multiple outlets it is not the same as a power strip, although some power strips do encompass surge protection.

Using a power strip can boost the amount of data equipment that you are able to use in one area.  Power strips are able to grant the highest amount of safety for the environment in which the power strip is used.

Many power strip units also features 10 outlets (2 in the front and 8 in the back).  The unit also has the element of an illuminated rocker power-switch and 15 amp mechanisms.

It is made of cold rolled steal and finished in microfinish paint.

For the safety of the user the entity also comes with surge protection.

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November 10, 2008

Rackmount Power Strips

Filed under: Power Strips, Surge Protectors — admin @ 4:53 pm

Using a power strip can boost the amount of data equipment that you are able to use in one area. Rackmount Power Strips, sold by Cables Plus, are able to grant the highest amount of safety for the environment in which the power strip is used.

The power strip unit features 10 outlets (2 in the front and 8 in the back). The unit also has the element of an illuminated rocker power-switch and 15 amp mechanisms.

It is made of cold rolled steal and finished in microfinish paint.

For the safety of the user the entity also comes with surge protection.

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