Advice on Surge protectors

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Sameel

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Hi all.

Lend me your brains and experience please :D

I bought a new fridge and TV and was trying to research if I need a surge protector plug.
Hopefully this can help others too :)

I came across these 2 devices:

1) https://ellies.co.za/product/fridge-safe/
The Fridge Safe is an automated voltage protection device that prevents damage to your fridge, freezer or cooler caused by low mains voltage levels. An unexpected change in power supply can lead to irreparable damage to your fridge, freezer or cooler’s compressor motor.

2) https://ellies.co.za/product/tv-safe/
The TV Safe is an automated volatge protection device that prevents damage to your TV/audio equipment caused by surge or spikes and high voltage levels. An unexpected change in the mains power supply can lead to unrepairable damage to your TV.

My questions are:

1) If I want to protect my fridge and TV, are these devices better than just using a Surge Safe Power Protector plug? or do I need to use both?
ellies.co.za

Surge Safe Power Protector | Ellies

Surge Safe Power Protector. Advanced solutions for available from Ellies Electronics South Africa. We provide technical expertise based on your custom requirements. Get in touch today.
ellies.co.za ellies.co.za

2) Are there any hold-hold insurances that cover devices from loadshedding if they stop working? (Discovery etc?)
 
I have one of the ellies ones on a fridge on family property and that thing is still working despite their atrocious grid there and obviously load shedding (fridge motors were popping off at an alarming rate prior to that). Seems to do the job.

I have two gizzu surge protectors (courtesy of a mybb prize - thanks again, guys!) with protection outside of 180V and 260V and this actually alerted me to the worryingly high voltage on the grid here. While on grid it constantly hovers at 250-256V as I can see on the digital readout - I like having this sort of info on hand. Using one on fridge and freezer plug and the other on pc equipment.
 
We use these,they have diffrent ones but the one that says refrigeration on it comes on 5min after the power is back.Helps if the power trips alot too

Check this out on takealot: Clearline Loadshedding Refrigeration Lightning & Surge Protector - 5 mins

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Sameel said:
Hi all.

Lend me your brains and experience please :D

I bought a new fridge and TV and was trying to research if I need a surge protector plug.
Hopefully this can help others too :)

I came across these 2 devices:

1) https://ellies.co.za/product/fridge-safe/
The Fridge Safe is an automated voltage protection device that prevents damage to your fridge, freezer or cooler caused by low mains voltage levels. An unexpected change in power supply can lead to irreparable damage to your fridge, freezer or cooler’s compressor motor.

2) https://ellies.co.za/product/tv-safe/
The TV Safe is an automated volatge protection device that prevents damage to your TV/audio equipment caused by surge or spikes and high voltage levels. An unexpected change in the mains power supply can lead to unrepairable damage to your TV.

My questions are:

1) If I want to protect my fridge and TV, are these devices better than just using a Surge Safe Power Protector plug? or do I need to use both?
ellies.co.za

Surge Safe Power Protector | Ellies

Surge Safe Power Protector. Advanced solutions for available from Ellies Electronics South Africa. We provide technical expertise based on your custom requirements. Get in touch today.
ellies.co.za ellies.co.za

2) Are there any hold-hold insurances that cover devices from loadshedding if they stop working? (Discovery etc?)
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Yes the fridge safe will only turn on 5 minutes after the grid is turned on.
 
backstreetboy said:
Yes the fridge safe will only turn on 5 minutes after the grid is turned on.
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I know this is an old thread, but still: I have had two Ellies Fridge Safe and one TV Safe, and none of them lasted more than two years. The TV Safe went first; it began to switch the TV off and back on at random times without being triggered by a power surge. To test it, I connected it to the solar inverter (a Victron Pure Sine model with a toroid transformer and clean, stable output power) and confirmed that was indeed the TV Safe that had gone wonky.

Two Fridge Safe units went next. Each was connected to a freezer. In each case we noticed that the freezers started to defrost (about three months apart) and discovered that tin both cases the Fridge Safe was stuck permanently on 'Surge' so that the freezer was permanently off.

So I won't buy these things again. They're rubbish.
 
Alexander the Straight said:
Would be interesting to know if anyone's actually been paid out on the 20k promise.

I know of someone that did try and was refused,for a number of reasons that kept changing.
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Ellies is no more! It has ceased to be! It’s expired and gone to meet its maker! This is a late company! It’s a stiff! Bereft of life! It rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies! It’s run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible! THIS IS AN EX-COMPANY!
 
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