Oh, and fyi, that dimmer I referred to earlier? From the 50's. It was in my grandmother's home. It is older than my mother, and she was born in '58.
So you know virtually nothing about electricity. Ignorant even of a simplest device - dimmer switch. Then why are you making recommendations? Why are you so intentionally deceiving others with outright lies? Why are you being so dishonest?
Protectors adjacent to appliances can even make appliance damage easier. Telcos all over the world want protectors up to 50 meters distant from electronics - because they employ people with electrical knowledge. And for other reasons already posted. Even wire impedance makes that obvious. I am not going to teach basic electricity. You were expected to learn that before posting even one recommendation. Instead your posts include veiled insults.
You should be apologizing for intentionally posting numerous myths. For making claims only because those lies are popular. Obscene myths such as mains fluctuations will destroy power supplies. Such as that mythical excessive amperage. Such as complete nonsense that a fuse is a surge protection device. Such as supplies can be damaged if you do not put a load on the 3.3V and 5V rails. Such as a 1kw supply recommendation for future loads. Such as low AC voltage can cause power supply damage. Such as a shorted power supply turns off. All these were posted based in lies and hearsay. Myths that confuse laymen and promote scams. And that insult anyone who worked so hard to learn before posting.
"No power supply must damage any motherboard or other components." You even denied that reality.
Another myth: "A simple, and cheap surge protector protects you from spikes in voltage." Good. Post those manufacturer numeric specs that prove your claim. You posted that and did not first read the spec numbers? Why? Oh. I believe I already answered why.
Then you posted another lie. "A surge protector is a smart investment. It's just another line of defense." No it is not. How does it absorb a surge (hundreds of thousands of joules) when only rated at hundreds of joules? The word 'scam' applies. It does not even claim to provide that protection in numbers. What its 'hundreds of joules' might do is already made irrelevant by a computer's power supply.
The well proven and effective solution costs about $1 per protected appliance.
PSU must be designed to make power fluctuations irrelevant - posted elsewhere with the numbers. Computer (PSUs) are some of the most robust appliances in the building - posted previously with numbers. PSU must not cause motherboard or other computer damage - as was required long before PCs even existed. A typical UPS connects appliances directly to AC mains when not in battery backup mode - no power conditioning exists except in subjective speculation. Anything that a UPS might do for transients is already done better in the supply - which is why 270 volt spikes from a UPS are irrelevant to120 volt computers.
Provided was how to identify inferior power supplies even with an AM (longwave) radio. Because too many computer assemblers have little electrical knowledge; install supplies only on irrelevant numbers such as dollars and watts.
So that protection already inside all appliances is not overwhelmed, an informed consumer installs a 'whole house' protector. Protection already in a power supply is sufficient with one protector distant from appliances and as close to earth as practical. That was how it was done generations before computers even existed. And completely unknown to many who would post myths without first learning how electricity works.
I never said you didn't, but I still want to see proof that surge protectors and UPS do damage. Your "you know virtually nothing about electricity" defense isn't holding much water without it.
