Someone Please Tell Me

[BirdBoy88]

what is a Surge Protector???

can you show me a pics of it so i'll no what it looks like

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

it has many outlets on it. its rectangular. if something over loads the button will either pop or switch to off
here is a wiki verison of it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surge_protector



Here is what an american version looks like http://computer.howstuffworks.com/surge-protector.htm

 

[BirdBoy88]

OOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i feel so dumb right now i have like 10 of thos in my house but i didn't know they were surge protctors

Thanks

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

no problem. I used to call them exstension cords with multiple outlets LOL

 

[dickiebird]

Here's a short description of a surge protedtor;
A surge protector is an appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes. Surge protectors attempt to regulate the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or shorting to ground voltages above a safe threshold. An outlet strip is sometimes miscalled a surge protector, but provides no such protection.
Link to pic;
Surge_protector.jpg
THANX RICHý