RetroInjection
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If so, do you leave the protectors on all the time?
Also, is there a recommended time you should leave a cabinet running?
Also, is there a recommended time you should leave a cabinet running?
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If so, do you leave the protectors on all the time?
Also, is there a recommended time you should leave a cabinet running?
now, i have to ask, is it better to leave the surge protector on? i.e., does it protect when off? only reason i say that is that i generally unplug all my games in event of electrical storms, but with a surge protector, do they work even if they're turned off?
I'm currently finishing my bar / game room but I did get the carpet installed last week and moved the games in that would fit. I bought two of these for each row of games:
http://www.amazon.com/American-DJ-P...L50Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318439596&sr=8-1
They work great as you can turn each game on and off individually. I just put them on the top of one of the cabinets.
now, i have to ask, is it better to leave the surge protector on? i.e., does it protect when off? only reason i say that is that i generally unplug all my games in event of electrical storms, but with a surge protector, do they work even if they're turned off?
On top of that, many people use the term "surge protector" to refer to any old power strip, regardless of whether it has any protection circuitry at all. If it doesn't have a joules rating, it's not really a surge suppressor.
If you're exceptionally anal you could run your games through UPS's...
If you're exceptionally anal you could run your games through UPS's...
Buy the surge protector with the "million dollar guarantee" if anything goes wrong.
BTW - whole house surge-protection doesn't always help. I have a customer who thought he was fine and didn't need them on his game (even though I told him to use them) because he had one on the outside of the house. Well, that didn't help when he had his house remodeled and they came in and plugged all their table saws, etc into the outlets INSIDE the house. Lost the power supplies to both the games...