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Originally Posted by dad911
I suspect the UPS in between the lines and my server will do more to protect the server.
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Apparently you believe a UPS will somehow 'block' a surge. It will not. It does not claim to. Only emotions, inspired by advertising lies, reinforce that UPS myth.
Those 2 cm disks inside a power strip are superior to protection provided by a UPS.
Meanwhile, protection inside a server's power supply is superior to both.
Defined is damage because that surge was inside. A connection from a cloud (ie three miles up) to earthborne charges (ie four miles distant) was through a tree, then probably through some buried conductor, into a house, destructively through tube sets and alarm panel, and then out four miles to earthborne charges.
That electric current was inside because of a human mistake. A solution always starts by first defining the mistake / defect. What was that destructive path through a house? Investigation starts at single point earth ground. Did other earth grounds exist? Did any conductor outside the house enter without making a low impedance (ie less than 10 foot) connection to that earth ground? If any are yes, then a human all but invited lightning inside.
Those 2 cm disks inside a power strip must somehow 'block' or 'absorb' a surge. Numbers make it obvious - those power strip protectors (and even less protection in a UPS) do not claim to protect from destructive surges. Those will somehow 'block' a surge? Anything that 'blocks' a surge is a scam.
Protection is always about connecting a surge on a path that is not destructive. That means a lightning strike to a tree should have never connected that current into the house.
Effective protection never 'blocks' a surge. Effective protection always connects that current on a path that is not destructive - that is not anywhere inside a house.