Reddit reviews APC Surge Protector with USB Ports, P11U2, 2880 Joule, 6' Cord, Flat Plug, 11 Outlet Power Strip

Breh https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017VXU6GG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_v0bPzbBXZS4SB

My girlfriend told me that at the end of the day she will buy everything in my amazon cart up to 300 dollars...

But I didn't really have anything I needed or even wanted all that bad.. Took me all day to find stuff lol.

So I got

Corsair Hydro Series H100i v2 $97

JD Fenix Limited Edition Xbox One Wireless Controller $55

Microsoft Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows $21

Xbox One Play and Charge Kit $24

SanDisk 128GB Flash Drive $32

APC 11-Outlet Surge Protector $35

APC 8-Outlet Surge Protector $25

10 Nylon Lanyards for Small Electronic Devices $4

Still have 8 dollars left over haha.

You probably want to get one large power strip rather than two, I reccommend APC brand, which you can get on Amazon.

Since your desk looks wooden you might need to flip it over and install a metal bar or two on the underside so that you can velcro or ziptie everything there. What I did was I actually mounted the powerstrip onto the wall behind the monitors so that it was hidden there, but easy access.

As for the colored lamps (all very cool, btw) you can make any lamp cordless so long as you have a soldering iron (pretty simple to operate and pretty affordable as well).

Hope this helps you out!

Thank you again! The power strip is a: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017VXU6GG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_.3PiDb6Z8HKXJ

Not super cheap, but not a proper UPS either.

I'll read through the article in depth and give it a shot.

It says protected right on the product - so it must be good!


(But seriously - at least get an APC Surgearrest)

The i5-7600 is a great cpu for gaming and normal work. If you aren't rendering/encoding (or got an i7 at a steal) then there isn't really a point for it.

As far the lightning hit I'd recommend this protector or something similar to protect your computer and other tech :)

^ Never had an issue yet with that protector and I have had many, many, many lightning hits by my place in FL

I actually have all Ubiquiti hardware connected to an APC Surge Protector. The CloudKey G1 is being powered by Ubiquiti US-8-60W switch. No battery backups. I've experienced power outages this past winter, but no database corruption to my knowledge. I've never had to rebuild the controller, database, etc. Just been having the weird "missing microSD card" error completely randomly.

fridge is rated at .85 amps at 115 volts, and this is the surge protector. My pc is actually just running old graphics cards that suck up a lot of power plus an overclocked cpu. i just launched a game and i was using 600 watts and i was only at 70% gpu usage and 60% cpu usage.

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exactly what i have connected to the strip is my speakers 208mA, my dac and amp at 500mA, 8 watts; and 1500mA, 21 watts respectively, the fridge mentioned above, a phone charger (max 5V, 2 Amps), very small ethernet splitter with no label on it, and a 12 volt 3 amp usb hub. i was mistaken earlier, my monitors are actually connected to my ups not the strip. and at full load with all my monitors on, pc running at full speed, it will pull anywhere from 600 to 700 watts with occasionally around 850 if i also have my 3d printer connected to it.

I'd suggest an APC battery backup as a surge suppressor. In my experience the Cyberpower battery backups are not great.

The thing to keep in mind is that the VA rating is not how many watts the battery backup can supply. I have a 1300VA unit for my desktop on my monitor and it can supply a max of ~800 watts. If you put your system specs into PCPartPicker you can get a rough idea of what you will need.

If you want to spend less and don't have a lot of power fluctuations /brown outs in your area you could get this APC surge protector.

I've decided to use this along with 2 of these

I also have an electrician coming to see about adding another wall outlet.

https://www.amazon.com/APC-11-Outlet-Protector-SurgeArrest-P11U2/dp/B017VXU6GG/

https://www.amazon.com/APC-11-Outlet-Protector-SurgeArrest-P11U2/dp/B017VXU6GG/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=surge+protector&qid=1566081991&s=gateway&sr=8-8
do you know if they'll let me bring this?


Also, do you know if they allow me to just bring two regular surge protectors? (I know these are fine to bring, i just dont know about the one i linked.)
I know you can't plug one into the other, but can I plug two separate ones on the wall outlet since there's two outlets?

I'm using this: APC 11-Outlet Surge Protector Power Strip with USB Charging Ports, 2880 Joules, SurgeArrest Home/Office (P11U2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017VXU6GG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ni6jDbYY7Z6QW

The only real source is opening these up and knowing what you're looking at, which is the main reason companies take advantage of the "surge protector" marketing. It has no standards, so anyone can say that for anything. Here is an example of APC marketing a piece of plastic with a capacitors and wiring as a "surge protector" when it protects from very little. https://www.amazon.com/APC-11-Outlet-Protector-SurgeArrest-P11U2/dp/B017VXU6GG/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=apc&qid=1559167869&s=gateway&sr=8-10

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The price is the tell for general consumers, and lack of certain specifications is the tell for enthusiasts and electrical engineers.

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Lastly, that $250k insurance on that $30 piece is laughable, they will give you the runaround until you give up. There's no way they would ever pay that much for something connected to a $30 power strip.