Don't buy MR DIY Surge Protector powerstrip, The MOV is only protecting one socket. 
Aug 14 2018, 07:59 AM
QUOTE(JohnLai @ Aug 13 2018, 07:38 PM)
Recently, uncle bought one cheap surge protector powerstrip from MR DIY store at RM24 something? 
But, to uncle dismay, the MOV is installed at wrong place. As the result, only one socket is protected from possible surge while the other three are not.
Some pictures below (large image):
Searching around the net for the MOV model returned:
https://www.sunrom.com/p/10d471k-varistor-mov-for-220v-ac
Data from https://www.sunrom.com/get/559199 seem to indicate:
Aside from the wrong MOV placement in the powerstrip, the MOV itself is fine for its intended purpose.
How in the world this thing qualify as surge protector when it only protect one socket out of four sockets?
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lol uncle, look carefully la. you can say that it only protects green socket if one of the terminals is placed at the metal part below the green switch. at current state, the MOV terminals are between incoming live and neutral, exactly as they should be. But, to uncle dismay, the MOV is installed at wrong place. As the result, only one socket is protected from possible surge while the other three are not.
Some pictures below (large image):
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Searching around the net for the MOV model returned:
https://www.sunrom.com/p/10d471k-varistor-mov-for-220v-ac
Data from https://www.sunrom.com/get/559199 seem to indicate:
Aside from the wrong MOV placement in the powerstrip, the MOV itself is fine for its intended purpose.
How in the world this thing qualify as surge protector when it only protect one socket out of four sockets?
SIRIM tengah tidur ke?
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