buying power protection socket

cyberstar

I'm buying this power protection device and it seems that it has sockets to insert your phone line as well. I'm not too clear what it is for. Can I actually use it a phone on this?

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113253

slowen

Purchased a Belkin surgemaster plus from Comet for about £25 which has 8 sockets on and the same connections for you phone and modem but I have not connected anything to them yet.

I presume the phone line socket just does the same as the plug socket and protects you froma surge

imho

Crikey i just bought the same thing fro ebay,and it cost me £10 with postage ! robbed again !
Yeah i got the lead thingy for a phone to be connected,havnt the foggest what its all about .

welshgasman

It will protect your phones as well if you connect the lead supplied.

You can get surges down telephone lines just as easy.

cyberstar

so as well as protecting my phone, I assume I can actually use a phone on this. Am I right?

krishna

Should be a pair of phone sockets. Use one to connect a cable from phone socket in wall to the surge protector and the other to plug in your phone.

They were selling them in Aldi a few weeks ago, I recall. I think they were around £9.

GoofyGAT

At the very least, get a good quality surge protector - Picking the Right Surge Protector.

Some people argue that surge protectors are not really worth it (especially if lightning strikes), with 'online' UPS systems providing the best protection - they can be shockingly expensive though! No pun intended , G

GaryS

cyberstar wrote:

I'm buying this power protection device and it seems that it has sockets to insert your phone line as well. I'm not too clear what it is for. Can I actually use it a phone on this?

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113253

I have ordered 10 of these to use on all of the TVs, PCs and Playstations in the house, should be arriving on Monday.

Seem to be a bargain buy at the price, although IIRC they were only £1.99 when I ordered them last week which was even better.

Could easily make a tidy profit if I was to sell them on Ebay, as has already been shown.