Some people enjoy the psychological effect of spending great gobs of their 
hard earned, or, sometimes not so hard earned, money on well marketted, and 
well branded power strips.
I personally use allot of Ikea power strips from the small 3 outlet type, to 
the larger 7 or 8 outlet bars...these are usually 5 or 8 bucks for a package 
of two.
They offer around the same protection and reliability as the 80 dollar 
monster brand or other cleverly marketted strips that offer so called 
lightening or power surge protection for ac, telephone, internet and cable 
tv lines.
I guess the only considerations you may wish to invest your mental power 
into is size, number of outlets, and how the strip is configured to 
accomidate wallwarts etc.  Also what kind of shut off/breaker components are 
built in.  I would certainly refrain from buying some expensive power bar 
with a bunch of useless bells and whistles that do nothing but eat into your 
wallet.
the equipment you plug into the power strip is going to have more than 
enough protection built in...and if something serious does occur, the power 
strip, and the built in protection aren't going to save the equipment 
anyway...redundancies don't prevent catastrophies.
Just my opinion for what it's worth.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
-----Original Message----- 
From: David Pearson
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 10:55 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: power strip question

Hi all:

I have an Astron RS-35A power supply which i'd like to use with a suitable
"power strip".  What should I be looking for in a strip that ensures safety,
and proper functioning of the supply?

Thank you,



David S. Pearson-wa4dsp


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