[Test-Equipment] Mains protection for work bench test equipment?

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Gary,

There is no excuse for being personally insulting on these lists.  I don't 
have a $20 head.  And commercial and military grade UPS don't have phone jacks 
anyway.  That's a comsumer grade sales gimmick.  

But my point was that the AC line isn't the only ingress path for a lightning 
strike.  In the case here, it was determined later that the last phoneco guy 
who worked on the drop for one of the lines left the entry point suppressor 
disconnected.

In a message dated 2/17/2008 7:18:27 PM Central Standard Time, 
n9zsv at magtel.com writes: 
> A -good- Surge suppressor or UPS has connections to protect the phone 
> lines too.  As with most things you get what you pay for.  My 
> motorcycling friends have a saying, " If you've got a 20 dollar head, 
> buy a 20 dollar helmet."
> 73  Gary
> 
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> At 07:08 PM 2/17/2008, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> >The only lightning damage we ever had here came in on the phone lines.
> >Didn't bother the UPS, though.
> 

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