MASTERPLUG 6 WAY Extention - Surge Protection

mashy_2

Take a look, I stocked up and kitted my house out with them.

Th 6 way are 4.99, and the 4 way is 3.99


I checked the same item in woolworths and it was £15.99.

http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&pageSize=12&beginIndex=0&sType=SimpleSearch&resultType=2&searchTerm=surge

Dalkirst

Same price in Argos:)

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9827813.htm

Horlock

Can anyone varify whether there is an equipment guarantee on these? Eg £1000, £2000 etc

iwanttosavemoney

£1000 on the Argos one.

gromituk

Have you read the small print on these so-called guarantees? Would you ever have a cat in hell's chance of claiming anything? And how often does equipment fail due to "surges" anyway? All the computer power supplies I've come across have built-in protection anyway.

heathen

thanks to the first 2 posters,was looking for some of these so getting surge protected ones for a fiver is a good find;)

Horlock

gromituk wrote:

Have you read the small print on these so-called guarantees? Would you ever have a cat in hell's chance of claiming anything? And how often does equipment fail due to "surges" anyway? All the computer power supplies I've come across have built-in protection anyway.

Stevie the plasma in mind

Highland_Lass_2

Went and bought one this afternoon from Argos - £17.99 before I read this. Our power was playing up last night and thought the computer had died with it. Thankfully it's now ok but thought I'd better be protected.

gromituk

Plasma displays will have switch-mode power supplies with surge protectors built-in, like computer power supplies.

A surge-protected extension lead will only protect your equipment against specific things. "Power playing up" sounds like a brown-out, where the voltage drops, rather than a high-voltage spike. The surge protector will not help in this case (and varying voltages can damage equipment).