Question for the sparkies

[voodoochild]

I am an IT guy not an electrician so I have a question is 5700 Joules of surge protection good? Is 5700 Joules a lot of energy?

[Justus]

I'm not an FE either but here are some conversions of 5700 Joules:

--5.4 BTU
--1361.4 calories
--0.00158 kilowatt-hour
--5700 Newon-meters
--50,449 pound force-inch
--1.58 watt-hour

Ok Rover, GT, Joker...is this good surge protection?


I am an IT guy not an electrician so I have a question is 5700 Joules of surge protection good? Is 5700 Joules a lot of energy?

[mexfishguide]

First of all, what are you trying to protect? That will determine the surge and what you need to install. 1.58 is a very small amount, but enough to burn stuff up. My self I would like to help - but your question is like how "long is a string", yes end to end , but what is between the ends?:rockwoot:\

Take care
Mexfishguide:cheers

A union trained american craftsman & global road warrior.

[voodoochild]

Well let me put it so you Arkansas folk can understand. :moon

I bought a couple of Tripp Lite HTPOWERBAR10 Home Theater Surge Protector/Suppressors. And it advertises 5700 joules protection and was just wanting to know if 5700 joules was a lot or not?

[Javabear]

Not really.

[guitartexan]

Is this the threshold at which the surge protection kicks in? A surge this small would make this a pretty sensitive surge protector.

GT

[mexfishguide]

Thanks for explaining it to an Arkansas hillbilly. On a scale of 1 to 10, your surge protector is about a (1) maybe? It is a pretty sensitive protector.

Take care
Mexfishguide:cheers