Will a Telephone Line Surge-protector affect my DSL

WizZard · 22-10-2003 9:27pm #1

I have a belkin 5 way surge protector which also has a surge protection socket for a phone line. If I plug my adsl modem into it will it help or hider it. I don't want it to get fried by this freakish weather that we're having but i don't want to plug it out either

The way I was thinking of doing it was plug the phoneline into the line in of the surge protector and the filter into the line out, and the modem into that. Does anybody know if this will affect my DSL connection, in terms of stability/speed?

BoB_BoT · 22-10-2003 9:34pm

it shouldnt' affect your line at all, the surge protecter acts like a rounter for the line, in case of high voltages it cuts the connection like a fuse does in a plug.

suppafly · 22-10-2003 11:37pm

just wondering would i have a cause for concern and need to purchase one of these(i live in montenotte, cork city), or is it just a think for people out in the country or something? cuz i know one of my m8's always has to plug out his comp in case of lightening?

also on a similar note, i've wondering about getting like a power box/source (don't really know what its called). Like the ones that when yur electricity goes, either buy someone pluggin in the kettle etc and tripping the switch or othersways, that this kicks in so yur comp stays on and then u can shutdown gracefully without losing anything u might have been working on. Does that make sense?

WizZard · 22-10-2003 11:44pm

If you run a system or systems that you care about you should have a surge protector, in case of random fluctuations/spikes in the power.

When it comes right down to it, none of these home use surge protectors are going to protect your equipment from a lightning strike, the voltages are too high and it would pass immediately through the SP. For small variations like those that can happen when there is a lot of lightning around they are very good. At least when your lights get a little brighter you know that your comp is ok!

BigEejit · 23-10-2003 8:18am

Tis true about a direct hit .... it'll go through any isolator / surge protector .... for example .. In a place I worked in a good few years back we got a contract to repair phones for €ircúnts ... I was talking to one of the engineers when they were testing a batch of them and he said the more the 5000 phones were killed (or maybe it was more, kinda fuzzy now, was definitely at least 5000) by a single lightning strike on an exchange in the midlands ... every last one of them had its opto-isolator blown, at least 10% had the tracks (traces) on the PCB burned off as well as other damage. That is a hell of a lot of power to do that.........

vibe666 · 23-10-2003 8:33am

I bet ratcon.net have had lots of phonecalls about dead modems since all the lightning. ISP's always get a rake of calls for a week or so after a decent storm.

logistic · 23-10-2003 9:05am

Originally posted by suppafly
also on a similar note, i've wondering about getting like a power box/source (don't really know what its called). Like the ones that when yur electricity goes, either buy someone pluggin in the kettle etc and tripping the switch or othersways, that this kicks in so yur comp stays on and then u can shutdown gracefully without losing anything u might have been working on. Does that make sense?

Uninterrupted Power Supply (ups) or a battery backup

spongebob · 23-10-2003 9:30am

Originally posted by vibe666
ISP's always get a rake of calls for a week or so after a decent storm.

True...mainly From muppets who refuse to believe that 1 million volts hitting a device designed for 48 Volts can actually fry it.

"But My phone is alright, it couldn't have been the lightning, it must be yeer fault."

Cork will have lightning around lunchtime, how do I know ?

See Here and Bookmark it for future reference if you live in a rural area. (Well Done Irishwan)

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