Choosing The Right Surge Protectors

[Polymathic]

I need a surge protector for my fridge the problem I have is that the fridge plug is directly behind the fridge and have enough leeway in terms of moving a fridge forward without the door hitting the kitchen counter.

I see this Ellies Surge Protector which is rated for 250v to 16A but not sure if it is suitable for large appliances.

Check this out on takealot: Ellies FBWP Surge Safe Power Protector Plug

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Advice would be greatly appreciated

 

[Colin62]

Your fridge might look large, but it won’t draw much more than an amp or two and definitely way, way less that 16A.

 

[Former member 61586]

Are these surge protectors really effective?

 

[wingnut771]

I need a surge protector for my fridge the problem I have is that the fridge plug is directly behind the fridge and have enough leeway in terms of moving a fridge forward without the door hitting the kitchen counter.

I see this Ellies Surge Protector which is rated for 250v to 16A but not sure if it is suitable for large appliances.

Check this out on takealot: Ellies FBWP Surge Safe Power Protector Plug

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Rather get something like this:

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or this:

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[AlphaJohn]

Rather get something like this:

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^ I order this one, just yesterday cause of the other surge discussion on this forum. I have ones OP's posted on all my other devices but never really looked at something for the fridge till last week.

OP's plugs would work but does not have that 5 delay timer.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Your typical fridge will draw around half an amp to an amp of electricity. (ie 110 to 220 Watts) Depends on size, quality and age.
However when the compressor switches on there is usually a surge in electricity, typically around 1000 watts for a second or so.

This equates to less than 5 amps, so a 16amp plug is fine

 

[Gallderhen]

Check this out on takealot: Ellies FBWP Surge Safe Power Protector Plug

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Advice would be greatly appreciated

We had that, didn't help.
Our fridges' PCB blew something and the fridge went into error-mode, when power came back after a loadshedding episode.

Like wingnut771 and AlphaJohn, we got the Clearline protector, and the fridge has been stable for the last 2 years during all sorts of loadshedding and lightning strikes.

-G-

 

[westom]

I need a surge protector for my fridge

Why do so many other and less robust appliances not need protection? What is protecting a dishwasher, clock radios, central air, RCDs, recharging electronics, LED & CFL bulbs, and smoke detectors?

Second, it does not absorb amps. They are marketing to consumers who can be scammed. If 10,000 amps are incoming, then at the exact same time, 10,000 amps also are outgoing. If both incoming and outgoing paths do not exist at a same time, then no electricity exists. As was taught in primary school science.

Third, protectors are only connecting devices to what does all protection. Effective protection always answers this question. Where do hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly dissipate? Protection exists when that surge current connects low impedance (ie less than 3 meters) to and dissipates harmlessly in earth ground. Then a surge is not anywhere inside. Then best protection, already inside that refrigerator and all other appliances, is not overwhelmed.

A protector is only as effective as its earth ground. Safety ground in that wall receptacle obviously is not earth ground. And does not make any protector effective. Quality of protection is defined by that low impedance (ie less than 3 meter) connection to and the quality of earth ground electrodes. Because earth ground (not any protector) defines all protection.

Where are hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly absorbed?

 

[Moto Guzzi]

I need a surge protector for my fridge the problem I have is that the fridge plug is directly behind the fridge and have enough leeway in terms of moving a fridge forward without the door hitting the kitchen counter.

I see this Ellies Surge Protector which is rated for 250v to 16A but not sure if it is suitable for large appliances.

Check this out on takealot: Ellies FBWP Surge Safe Power Protector Plug

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My LG Fridge & Sony TV seems to have a good surge protection with a delay(Something I like), so if I add another surge protector in series, would or could it effect the operation of both or either-?, and how would I know if such a search protector is still working after some time in operation-?

 

[westom]

My LG Fridge & Sony TV seems to have a good surge protection with a delay(Something I like), so if I add another surge protector in series, would or could it effect the operation of both or either-?, and how would I know if such a search protector is still working after some time in operation-?

Normal (acceptable) failure for a protector has no indication. That 'protector good' light only reports a type of failure (catastrophic) that occurs when a protector is grossly undersized.

Acceptable failure is degradation. Protector still works. Just not as it should. Degradation is averted when a protector is properly sized. That means it is rated to connect hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly to earth. How many joules does that plug-in protector claim to 'block' or 'absorb'? An undersized protector will degrade or fail catastrophically on a first 'potentially destructive' transient.

Protectors only do something useful when properly connected to another item that does protection - earth ground. Protectors, too close to appliances and too far from earth ground, can even compromise (bypass) what is superior protection inside appliances.

 

[_kabal_]

sorry to bump an old thread, but which one of these is "better"
I want to plug in my OLED TV and PS5 - I currently have the Ellies one, and still somehow my PS5 board died

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All 3 seem to be rated the same, 16A