[TowerTalk] Lightning, surge protection

[Jim Lux]

I'd be very interested to hear of anyone who has actually collected on one 
of those "attached equipment warranties"..

The verbiage in the ones I've looked at have a lot of weasel words about 
inspection of the damaged equipment at the mfr's site (with you on the hook 
to pay shipping both ways, and in one case, to pay for the inspection), 
options to repair replace, etc. and, almost always, the killer at the end: 
replacement, compensation, or repair is at the sole option of the mfr. In 
no case, have I seen one where there was a limitation on how much time they 
could take in this evaluation process.


It might be useful, if you were brave enough to insure with your 
homeowner's insurance, and then let them try to recover from the surge 
suppressor mfr.  After all, they're out the cash, and they've got the clock 
ticking on replacement.


At 04:53 PM 11/7/2003 -0700, WD0M wrote:
>I'm interested in the Tripp Lite surge protector system (and may still buy 
>one or two), but I notice that the warranty is only for an "AC power 
>transient".  Not sure if a lightning strike would constitute an AC power 
>transient according to Tripp Lite (does in my mind) but the unit does look 
>like it is fairly capable.
>
>73,
>Joe
>WD0M
>
>At 05:15 AM 11/7/2003, Pete Smith wrote:
>>I bought a couple of very nice surges suppressor to replace ones that 
>>were damaged during our lightning strike in August.  They are made by 
>>Tripp-Lite, cost around $35 from TigerDirect, and include 3 wall-wart 
>>outlets, 5 other outlets, and surge suppression for cable TV, Ethernet 
>>and phone, all in one unit.  The specifics:  Tripp Lite Protect It! 
>>810Net Surge Suppressor
>>
>>Tripp sats they will insure equipment connected through the unit that is 
>>damaged due to a surge, and will replace the unit if it is damaged by a 
>>surge; since most of what was damaged here was affected by induced 
>>voltage on the computer network, phone wiring and TC cable, I think this 
>>makes a very good investment.
>>
>>73, Pete N4ZR
>
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