# Does it matter? which surge protector....

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**Created:** [September 25, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-it-matter-which-surge-protector/35964 "2007-09-25T20:49:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-it-matter-which-surge-protector/35964/9 "2007-09-25T22:57:38Z")

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A cheap one is MOV based and they degrade every time a surge is absorbed. After some time they won’t protect anything.

I would buy a UPS (battery backup) with a pure sine wave output. A battery alone is a excellent power conditioner. It will cover brownouts and all sorts of shit.

Now people are buying $2500 plasmas and other $$ gear. I would not be a cheap fuck (also read STUPID) and buy a shitbox strip from Wally World

btw Monster Sucks… Buy Tripp-Lite or something

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