Re: Surge / Ground / Lightning

On May 1, 3:30=A0pm, w_tom <w_t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 1, 2:18=A0pm, ransley <Mark_Rans...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Whaaat, you say my Triplights that offer a life time warranty to
> > damages from from surges and lightning offer non such =A0claim or
> > warranty, thats pure barf. Triplight surge protectors are only one
> > step a homeowner needs to hopefully protect you. Ive been hit several
> > times, anything you do helps a bit.
>
> =A0 Actually some things installed will decrease protection - ie the TV
> destroyed because the plug-in protector earthed an 8000 volt surge
> through it. =A0Gross assumptions are also behind that warranty. =A0Did
you=

> read the fine print and learn from so many others who never got that
> warranty honored?
>
> =A0 For example, some plujg-in protectors state that a protector from
> any other manufacturer in the building means their warranty is void.
> Another says that if you don't submit the claim on their forms, the
> claim may be rejected. Another says reinbursement is based on
> depreciation meaning the computer has zero value in a few years.
> Another says that every electrical conductor that touches that
> appliance must connect through their protector. =A0Did they forget to
> mention that a table top is considered an electrical conductor? =A0How
> many fine print exemptions make a warranty void? =A0Fine print is chock
> full of exemptions. =A0Warranty says nothing about protection.
>
> Steve Uhrig on 17 Jun 2003 in the newsgroup =A0 comp.home.automation
> entitled "UPS for computer and TV"
>
> > I read the terms of their warranty, which I had saved
> > together with the purchase receipt, and contacted
> > them to submit a warranty claim. I was nice and
> > polite and had everything do***ented including
> > photos of their product installed next to the fax.
> > They laughed in my face. Almost could not have
> > been more insulting.
> > I wrote to the executive management of the company,
> > copied customer service, sent both return receipt to
> > prove they received them, and never got the courtesy
> > of a reply.
>
> =A0 =A0Did that protector do protection? =A0Well, how many dishwashers
hav=
e
> been surge damaged during the same surges? =A0How many dimmer switches?
> Where are these surges that the Tripplite protected from? =A0Only way
> you know that Tripplite provided protection is when everything else -
> every smoke detector, clock radio, dimmer switch, wa****ng machine, etc
> was destroyed. =A0You have no idea what that Tripplite did. =A0 In fact,
> Page 42 Figure 8 - the Tripplite may even make create damage to other
> items in that room.

Actualy,  Double U, bottom slasch, TOM , I had about a $30,000 strike,
Tripp was warranting it, and I let my insurance Co go after it. It was
bad, even flourescents 3 floors down lit from PLASMA energy.  Tripp
was there,You are a negative