Surge protectors and power strips
Surge protectors take the hit that would otherwise land on a power supply. We build them in plastic strips for a desk and in Isobar metal housings for benches and equipment rooms, from three outlets up to twenty-four.
33 units in this part of the catalog, $10.50 to $275.99.
Picking one of these
The joule rating is a budget, not a shield. Every spike that gets clamped spends part of it, and once it is gone the strip still passes power while protecting nothing. Our range runs from a few hundred joules for a lamp and a laptop to several thousand for a rack of equipment, and the diagnostic light is what tells you where you stand.
The same hardware turns up in more than one kind of room. These are the places this section gets used most:
- At home — A home office runs on the same utility feed as the kettle and the air conditioner, so it sees every sag those cause.
- Gaming setups — A gaming machine with a discrete card and two or three displays pulls more from one outlet than most of an office does.
- Working anywhere — Work that moves between a truck, a site office and a kitchen table needs power that travels with it.
- Healthcare spaces — Equipment on a ward or in a clinic sits in corridors, on carts and in rooms where a fan is not welcome.
- IT closets — A closet is the densest thing most sites own and the least often opened.
Not sure of the size
The load calculator adds up what you plan to plug in and leaves only the units rated to carry it with room to spare.
Run the numbers