Surge protection for abroad

Anne_Marie_2

Saw this http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20070201.p.Surge_Protector.ar11

and wondered if it was of any use for what I have in mind, so if anyone could advise would be grateful.

Currently having house built in Cyprus & been advised that due to powercuts/electrical storms that surge protection is advisable for all electrical equipment, including kitchen equipment. Was wondering if item in the link above would cover all things in the kitchen, such as kettle, toaster, coffee machine etc. Save me from having individual protection for each electrical item.

Now, I have a bee in my bonnet about surge protection for computer stuff & high priced technical stuff at this end.
But never had a kettle or anything else burn out in this country due to electrical storm or power cut. However, been told by folk that live over there that this really does happen.

If anyone can give me any info about this would be helpful, as never seen this thing before and don't know how it works...but always willing to learn.

Moneymaker

Kettles and toasters are low-cost, low-usage items that don't need any form of protection. Even if they were switched on at the time of a surge, it's unlikely they'd fail.

In contrast, a computer needs not only surge protection - it needs an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). Preferably one with BIG batteries that will run for at least an hour during a mains failure.

You should also look at surge protection (or UPS) for equipment like TV, satellite receiver and radio. And don't forget to add surge protection to the phone outlets.