Electrical devices are always vulnerable to the surge in voltage due to the thunderstorms, lightning or a sudden surge of power in the cables. So, you need a surge protector to safeguard your house from the surge in voltage.
Surge protector installed for the entire house will protect all the electrical appliances connected to the power source. Even though there is a surge protector, whenever there is a thunderstorm accompanied by lighting remove all the electrical devices connected to the plugs.
Before buying smart surge protectors online, you need to take care of a few things
First you should take care of the Joules rating. The higher the better as the energy saver power strip can absorb more of the voltage surge and safeguard your devices from getting damaged.
Secondly take into consideration the response time of the device. The faster/lesser the response time the better it is. It should act almost instantly without lag.
Surge in voltage can happen at any time and it can be due to various reasons like heavy electrical appliances like air conditioners, grinders, refrigerators draw in heavy amount of energy, thereby drawing more voltage.
Now a day almost every power strip have a USB Surge Protectors. The USB sockets charge your mobile phones or lights up the LED powered lamp, so with a surge protector the devices are safe from being damaged.
Smart Surge Protector grounds the extra voltage to the ground when there is an overflow of voltage or cuts off the fuse thereby saving the electrical devices from being damaged.
With so many power strips available online, you can buy them at an affordable price and get it delivered to your door step.