Reddit reviews APC Surge Protector with Telephone, DSL and Coaxial Protection, P11VT3, 3020 Joules, 11 Outlet Surge Protector Power Strip

I have one of these and it's great.

I have my NES and SNES plugged into the same strip because of that.

Affect performance how?

Edit: I have mine plugged into This and haven't noticed anything odd.

I bought an APC one for like $18 on Amazon I think, do brands matter

Edit: I think this one, looks like it: APC P11VT3 11-Outlet 3020j Surge Protector https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0012YLTR6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_oUoxCb20MT4W7

I would highly recommend investing in a high quality surge protector. I am an IT guy and would recommend either an APC Surge Strip or a Kill-A-Watt Surge Strip.

APC makes a solid product that we sell and recommend to all of our customers from home users to enterprise businesses. I use an APC Surge Strip on my entertainment center and PC setup. (Runs about $5000 worth of equipment)

I personally use the Kill-A-Watt for my grow room because of the extra display features and built in EMI filter to reduce line noise. (Runs about $2500 worth of equipment)

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I'd trust either of these, both a respectable names in the power distribution industry.

Also read through this for some other reviews/suggestions.

Huge improvement, well done!

Two thoughts to offer:

• velcro > zipties, because velcro is reusable and won't cut up your hands. Prob not an issue here tbh. This seems to be a holy war issue in /r/cableporn!
  
• They make power strips / surge suppressors where they both lay flat against the wall AND rotate -- if you ever replace the power, keep an eye out for those. I use one of these and love it for that feature
  
  Happy gaming!

Agree. And instead of the power strip, buy a real surge protector. Not Wal-Mart crap either, but one that is used in a commercial office environment for individual workstations - at the very least.

Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/APC-P11VT3-Performance-SurgeArrest-Protection/dp/B0012YLTR6

I live in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida and it is considered the lightning capital of the USA. I installed a whole house surge protector at the main electrical panel box where the power enters my house. Home Depot sells 2 excellent Square D models to do this. One model costs about $32 and the other model costs about $100. (You only need one.) The whole house surge protector will give some protection to hard to protect devices like refrigerators, microwave ovens and washers and dryers.

Then my computers and electronics are plugged into APC surge protectors. The whole house surge protector will knock down the voltage from a huge power surge like a nearby lightning strike to a level that a normal surge protector power strip can handle without catching on fire.

Whole house surge protectors @ Home Depot: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Square-D-36-kA-Single-Phase-Panel-Mounted-Type-1-Surge-Protective-Device-SDSA1175/100209321

And here: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Square-D-80-kA-Home-Electronics-Protective-Device-HEPD-HEPD80/203540660

APC Surge Protector @ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/APC-Protection-SurgeArrest-Performance-P11VT3/dp/B0012YLTR6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1519618270&sr=8-4&keywords=apc+surge&dpID=41X9mAHskyL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

EDIT: Just to be perfectly clear...Nothing will protect you from a direct hit lightning strike. These are meant to protect against most surges that you will encounter if lightning strikes nearby.

That's very unusual. You may want to invest in a chunky surge protector. Risking expensive electronics on a cheaper surge protector is a bad time. Drives me up the wall to see someone put $1000 worth of electronics on a $8 Walmart power strip.

I'm a fan of APC's stuff ever since someone at my prior job daisy chained a couple together and put a space heater on the end. Instead of catching on fire it partially melted the outlet on the surge protector and kept working. Pretty impressive considering it scorched the wall socket.

Anyway.

You can get a charger from the Nintendo refurb store for $20.

I've bought a couple 3DS systems and a few accessories from them, they've always been indistinguishable from new except for the packaging.

Here is the exact one from Amazon, listed at 3020 joules.

APC 11-Outlet Surge Protector 3020 Joules with Telephone, DSL and Coaxial Protection, SurgeArrest Performance (P11VT3) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0012YLTR6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Rs3GzbXAHG2R8

Normal voltage fluctuations are extremely small and unlikely to be a problem. Do you have some reason to think your house is prone to serious voltage spikes?

I would just get a decent surge protector (e.g. this APC model ) and call it a day.

Buy a newer, better surge protector.

Get a surge protector with lights (like this) that alert you to issues with overload and building wiring faults and coax surge protection (I've had a coax surge kill a computer monitor before).

I'd suggest looking for one that shows an indicator whether or not that surge protector is still good.

You'll find them like this - https://www.amazon.ca/APC-P11VT3-11-Outlet-3020j-Protector/dp/B0012YLTR6/

Also take a look at the writeup by /u/hyperintake92 that he posted in this thread. Gives some good info on what to look for, for a surge protector.

As a note, I did very minimal investigation on that APC power bar. Was just the first one I saw that had a surge status light on it. I'm by no way saying that's the one for you, but I'm also not saying it's bad, lol.

Edit: Looked up the spec sheet on it; turns out it's actually a solid surge bar with some nice safety features built in. Link here

APC surge protectors are the best:

https://www.amazon.com/APC-Protection-SurgeArrest-Performance-P11VT3/dp/B0012YLTR6/

As far as a surge protector, I use this https://www.amazon.com/APC-P11VT3-Performance-SurgeArrest-Protection/dp/B0012YLTR6. You should contact the manufacturer of your surge protector to see if it was a faulty protector.

As far as brands for tvs to get, there was a post recently about top brands. I'd look there and gather a consensus. Though, at the 35"-42", there will be a feature parity between most brands which is to say not too many features. That's kind of good for you because you can safely look through the 2015 models on Amazon Warehouse or something similar and get more bang for your buck since cutting edge features aren't really something you'll be checking in the box.

This is great. Only thing is the price is throwing me off. Either Amazon is low balling the original price or Newegg is jacking up the regular to make the sale price more appealing..

Either way I'm getting this. Thank you OP!

Those "Home Theater" power strips often test more poorly than very cheap ones.

For instance, this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012YLTR6 at $26 tests better than that Belkin.

It definitely is hard to make up your mind sometimes, especially once you catch the home theater bug. Take your time and read reviews. This is a great forum that will be able to answer all your question about everything home theater. (https://www.avsforum.com/forum/index.php) In my theater I use pretty high end protectors from Brick Wall. Everywhere else I use these, which have gotten good reviews: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012YLTR6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks for the advice!

I have one of these Belkin surge protectors: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000JE9LD4/ref=aw_d_pd_electronics

and one of these APC Surgearrest surge protectors: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0012YLTR6/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1397065424&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40

As a side note, would my electrician be okay with me running the Romex (not connected on either end?

Was curious to hear what people's setups are like regarding surge protectors/power strips. I'm currently shopping for some surge protectors, something like this. Was wondering if people just plug everything into one. I'm talking about the TV, desktop computer, XBOX and other consoles, maybe even a laptop, printer, and the audio gear such as headphone amp + dac and speaker amps, etc. What do you guys use? Do you guys use a separate surge protector solely for your audio gear? Does it even matter, or should I just go for a 10+ outlet one and plug everything in and leave it at that?

APC Surgearrest 3020J -- 11 outlets, angled plug, swivel attachment to the surge protector itself. Good build quality.
See the Wirecutter's review for in-depth analysis.
Buy on Amazon - currently $26.49

Whenever I encounter any kind of AV problem, just unplugging everything and plugging it back in works 95% of the time. So I connected everything to one power strip (similar to this one). When anything gets wonky, all I have to do is flip it on and off again.

I used to have really loud buzzing coming through my JBL LSR30X monitors ever since I moved into my new apt. This buzzing noise was not apparent in any of my headphones through my headphone amps, but all of the sources I used, when connected to my monitors cause a loud buzzing in the monitors that was always present even when music was playing through them. I have no idea if that is exactly what you are experiencing but I finally found out I have really dirty power in my new apt. I bought this APC surge protector with EMI filters and I have no more buzzing.