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No difference in mains quality or what is on electric mains. Only factor that is different - UK uses underground wires. What does exist everywhere are LED bulbs that generate RF frequencies. Modems (ie a neighbors) that use power lines by transmitting RF frequencies on their wires. And so...

View the entire circuit in that Tacima at https://www.whathifi.com/tacima/cs947/review . The entire filtering is done by a tiniest inductor, high capacitance MOVs, and what look like more capacitors. IOW any line filter (that must be inside all electronics hardware) does same or more...

Same standards and designs all over the world. UK has much fewer surges. And similar protector designs. Europe protection parts only have a higher let-trough voltage number. And same joule numbers. Effective protection (as found in all BT facilities) always answers this question. Where do...

Because surges are extremely rare. One might happen in seven years. In places such as UK, one typically does not suffer one in 20 years. Most of the time, that protector (that is doing no protection) will disconnect protector parts, as fast as possible. Leave a surge fully connected to...

And yet the fire risk still exists all over the world. Problem is not the technology (MOVs). Problem is that five pence protector parts are too small to increase profits. A transient, made irrelevant by protection already inside all electronics, can also cause a catastrophic failure in tiny...

If that UPS provides hardware protection, then it has a specification number that says how much. Protection already inside appliances routinely converts hundred of joules into rock stable, low DC voltages to safely power semiconductors. Protection from hundreds or a thousand joule surge...

It is too complicated. It includes numbers. Please do not waste bandwidth by asking.

It was written for someone who actually wants to learn. Please do not comment on things you cannot understand. Reality is never found in a soundbyte.

First, a connection that is sparking is 100% defective. A concept that so many do not get. Something can be completely defective and still provide power. That connection is completely defective - must be replaced. No PSU or surge protector claims to or does anything for a solution. Second...

Any appliance damaged by a sudden power loss was defective when purchased. Power loss only causes damage when fears replace facts. Power loss must never damage electronics - as was an international design standard long before PCs even existed. Power restoration does not create destructive...

Plug-in protectors never claimed to protect from those anomalies. Especially since all appliances already contain robust protection to protect from those anomalies. Protectors adjacent to appliances do not claim to protect from the other and typically destructive type of surge. Those near...

One sentence is especially specific. Each word defines how to obtain useful assistance. Asserting confusion without defining what causes confusion is cryptic. If something perplexes, then quote that sentence and define each alien word. If not done, then I cannot help you understand what...

A pain among many who do not know how electricity works. Most will even fear a recommended solution in a paragraph below. For example, is your computer so hot as to also toast four sliced of bread? Of course not. It is not consuming anywhere near 1000 watts. Probably consuming something...

A power controller decides when power can and does not come on. Only way to see what the controller is doing and why is to use something that is simpler than a hammer. Minutes of labor with a meter and some requested instructions means the next reply can say what is or is not defective. And...

Destructive surges occur typically once every seven years. Other appliances would also be damaged. And the computer would not power on. You replaced a part (PSU) on speculation. Shotgunning often only cures symptoms. Fault should be identified before replacing anything. Then the actual...

Power off by a switch means that computer is still connected to surges. Electricity that powers a computer is incoming on one wire (ie blue) and outgoing on another (ie brown). Surges are different. A surge is incoming on any or all three wires (brown, blue, and green). Open a switch...

First, a plug-in (adjacent) protector can even compromise protection inside a computer. You have just seen that. Something completely different, also called a surge protector, would have even protected that power strip. So why buy another ineffective plug-in protector? Second, a power...

None of that discusses how a computer works. A power controller accepts inputs (such as the front panel power button). Then responds accordingly by ordering a PSU on. A voltage monitor determines if the system is stable. Only then does the power controller let the CPU execute. What...

What is its degree C per watt specification number? Be extremely suspicious if it does not provide that always required spec number.

Numbers always apply to this stuff. For example, what is a degree C per watt number for that heatsink? Then simple math defines what is relevant and what is not performing to spec. Numbers also say why thermal compound has little effect on properly machined heatsinks. Meanwhile temperature...