Surge Protector

[okcats]

I have two (2) separete phone lines coming into one(1)
jack on the wall. On the jack I have a three-way adapter
(one slot for line 1, one slot for line 2, and one slot
for 1/2). On my surge protector, there is only on slot
for "in" and two slots for out. How do I hook this up
from the jack to the surge protector to the CPU in order
to be on the internet and be able to fax without taking
the line from the jack to the wall and connecting it to
the back of the CPU?

 

[w_tom]

First, since the telco provides effective 'whole house'
protector - for free - then why worry about a plug-in
protector?

Second, destructive surges typically strike the highest wire
on pole. Phone lines are lowest. Faxes, modems, and portable
phone base stations are damaged typically by transients that
enter (incoming) on AC electric (highest wires) and outgoing
to earth ground via phone line. That surge protector does not
prevent this destructive circuit.

Third, the plug-in surge protector is a shunt mode device.
It does not block between surge and transistor. If effective,
it would work no matter which wire in your rats nest it was
connected to. It only shunts (shorts) between two wires. It
does not block, stop, or absorb transients. It shunts no
matter which wire it connects to.

Fourth, a surge protector shunts. That means it is
effective only if shunting less than 10 feet to earth ground.
It is what the telco installed surge protectors does. But
that plug-in protector has no earthing connection. So they
even forget to mention anything about earthing - so that you
will by it.

No earth ground means no effective protection. A surge
protector is only as effective as its earth ground:
http://tinyurl.com/l3m9