What is grounded vs protected on a surge protector?
Ammbless asked:
I have a belkin surge protector/power strip. On one side it says grounded and the other side says protected. What do they mean?? Which side should i plug my computer into?
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I have a belkin surge protector/power strip. On one side it says grounded and the other side says protected. What do they mean?? Which side should i plug my computer into?
July 24th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
protected means the outlets are going through the strips filtration and protection circuits
always plug electronics into the protected outlets
grounded just means the outlets are grounded to earth ground through you wall outlet
July 27th, 2009 at 4:17 am
As long as you live where the main elec. to the house itself is grounded. Your strip will be grounded regardless which slot you use. But just because you use a power surge strip. Doesn’t mean you are protected unless your house is already grounded. Once grounded, if a surge hits, surge strip will take the hit and thus killing power to your electonics. Also, some strips will have a green and red light on them letting you know it is grounded or not. Red light normally just means strip is on and working okay. If both lights are there and on….feel free to plug in.