Surge protectors and power strips look alike, but only a surge protector will have a joule rating on the strip or the packaging indicating how much power it can handle, ...

Where Joules does come in handy, is reminding us that surge protectors die. Wikipedia describes the Joules rating as telling us “how much energy the surge protector can absorb before it fails.” ...

I like this surge protector for multiple reasons—it offers a reasonable amount of protection (3,900 joules), isn’t too bulky, and has a good layout. That last point is really the biggest ...

The VII Series surge protector offers 4,000 joules of protection, which Austere says under normal circumstances should last at least five years. But to give you notice, a blue light on the top of ...

With six polarized, grounded outlets; surge protection across line/neutral; and a tangle-resistant 4-foot power cord; Philips’ model SPC3064WG/37 surge protector is an ideal power strip. The ...