Carl Sheerman wrote:

This is what makes B & O second to none

However I really wonder at the protection these surge protection devices really afford.

valve1 wrote:

However I really wonder at the protection these surge protection devices really afford.

Better than nothing, but you really shouldn't need any if the power system is up to snuff. I could go out now and ask people if they even know what a "surge protector" might be, and probably 2 out of 100 might have any idea, and this is a sparsely populated country. I can understand it might be different in countries where the power grid is based on spider webs spun across the streets, but over here a "power surge" of any significance isn't likely unless you live in the countryside, served by aerial power cabling. Lightning damage to computer network appliances caused by overvoltages coming over the telephone cabling is much more common.

I'm aware many protector manufacturers offer compensation for damage - but I've yet to hear first hand of anybody getting any, ever. Either they work really well, or there's nothing to be protected from 🙂

I agree having proper industrial protectors installed at the power distribution of the building is a much better idea than sprinkling plastic boxes around the rooms. Also, one should consider whether it's really worth the trouble and cost or would it be more sensible to just get adequate insurance coverage. I'm inclined on the latter, as no protector will hold if you get a lightning strike close enough.

tournedos wrote:

I'm aware many protector manufacturers offer compensation for damage - but I've yet to hear first hand of anybody getting any, ever. Either they work really well, or there's nothing to be protected from 🙂

Belkin UK's website quite clearly states the terms of it's warranty on surge protectors,and the level of compensation which ranges from 25000 Euros to unlimited depending on the level of protection chosen.

I have asked the shop if they can find out if it was a fuze issue or if it was something else just to be sure but nothing else that was plugged into the surge protecter was affected.  To that end i have now purchased another more expensive protector for the future in adddition to the one already running.  As for a proper industrial protector i may think about this when i move to my new apartment which will be within the next couple of months.  Either way i am still chuffed that B & O mended it for nothing.