I know most people would just buy a new one at the store. But hey... this is Badcaps afterall, right?
For quite some time I've had the crazy and naive notion that surge protectors just worked, and lasted forever I have been occasionally buying new units because you can't really tell how many joules are left in the MOVs after a few power surges. Some units I have had for 10 years and surely their MOVs are toast by now. Instead of buying new ones and funneling money over to china, I thought about just replacing the MOVs in the existing ones I have. All of the plugs still work and it seems like a waste to just have a bunch of "power strips" lying around.
Has anyone had any experience doing this before? Is there some "size fits all" part on Digi-Key that I can order, or do I need to match the specs of every piece in every unit I have? Appreciate any insight.
For quite some time I've had the crazy and naive notion that surge protectors just worked, and lasted forever I have been occasionally buying new units because you can't really tell how many joules are left in the MOVs after a few power surges. Some units I have had for 10 years and surely their MOVs are toast by now. Instead of buying new ones and funneling money over to china, I thought about just replacing the MOVs in the existing ones I have. All of the plugs still work and it seems like a waste to just have a bunch of "power strips" lying around.
Has anyone had any experience doing this before? Is there some "size fits all" part on Digi-Key that I can order, or do I need to match the specs of every piece in every unit I have? Appreciate any insight.
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