Safeguard Your Home Office with Power Surge Protectors

Power Surge Device for my Home Business Office

Has your home ever been hit by a power surge or lightning strike?

A few dollars spent now  preventing your home business office electrical equipment  being destroyed could save you thousands if this should ever happen to you.

Here in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, we have been having some  tropical storms with the usual thunder and lightning. During one storm  I discovered that my power connector for all my home office plugs did not have a power surge function. 

For those of you who aren’t sure what a power surge protector is; an electrical power surge protector is a device that stops electricity surges from damaging the electric circuitry in your home and electric appliances. It acts by absorbing unusually large amounts of electric power before they reach your appliances.

I was not sure what to use and did some research online first.Internet sites varied in formation, from the “just pull out all the plugs in a storm” , to “get an electrician in to put a power surge device on the main breaker box”. On reflection I realised that we were covered for contents insurance so if the electrical equipment in the house became damaged in a storm they could be replaced. The only problem to worry about was that  if my home business office equipment became damaged then I was effectively out of business. One power surge and all would be lost. It was really a no-brainer!

I decided to go  out and purchase  an individual power surge device for my home business office electrical equipment. This consists of two laptops, one printer/copier, a router, a wireless connector and one telephone . This seemed the simplest option.

I visited our local Dick Smith store (electronic supplier) here in Tauranga, New Zealand, and the assistant was excellent with advice. I brought a Dick Smith Surge Catcher for $38 NZ which protects up to 50,000 amps. It even came with a life time warranty.

It didn’t take me long to connect it up with all my plugs under my office desk.

Molly"on guard" in my office

Check you are covered, because a few dollars spent now can insure your home business techie gear. One simple device, a power surge protector, connected up now, really is a simple and economical method of keeping your home business office equipment safe from serious electrical damage.