If the unit trips on a surge does it continue to alarm indefinitely? Is it no longer usable after that?
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Sorry, R. I bought the unit, but I haven't even plugged it in and used it yet.
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Mine has yet too trip. I have had it for almost 1 year. I use it for my refrigerator.
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I am not sure. I notice there was no switch to reset on the unit. I asked tThe refrigerator repair guy told me if it trips it has to be replaced. I have not confirmed it his info is correct. it's on my fridge as a precaution and I don;t expect t to actually ever trip.
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I have been fortunate enough not to have the surge protector do it's intended job. I just looked at the unit and noticed that it does not have a reset, test like a ground fault circuit interrupter. I have a hunch that if the alarm is triggered un-plugging and re-plugging the unit will reset it. The device is cheap enough to protect your expensive appliances, I would have no problem buying another one if there was a problem with the actual device.Hope this helps.JerryO
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Like the others, I haven't had mine trip yet so I can't answer about the duration of the alarm. According to the paperwork that came with the unit, they say to replace the unit after it's been tripped.
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I had the same problem. It wouldn't turn all the way off after a power spike to my house. I finally gave up and put it away.
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I believe it only beeps if the unit has detected a surge. Once the surge clears and the unit is functioning properly, it should not continue beeping. The 3 units that I have do not continuously beep as you describe and there have been several brownouts in my neighborhood. Make sure you see a green light under the red one. If not, there's no surge protection and that could be why its beeping. I would contact Customer Service and verify that you didn't receive a bad unit.
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I believe it is one year. We have had it for several years and had no issues. We have had surges with park electrical posts. The unit will shut off to protect your rig. It will then automatically reset after a few minutes. The power will come back on. We purchased this because our rig was hit with a surge that took out our onboard surge protector and converter. Would never plug in our rig without it. Even tho we have an onboard surge protector.
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I am really not certain. I just have mine plugged in and tuned to my location and I get all of the alerts, including the "this is only a test, if this had been an actual emergency" Sorry I could not be of more help
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I'm not an electrician, but I would think it would need to be grounded... otherwise where would the surge go? I happened to have an electrician in my house for other things when this arrived, so I asked him how I should ground this. He just took it and hooked it up to the neutral/grounding wire in a nearby unused outlet and said it is now grounded with the rest of the house. I can still use that outlet too.
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I don't remember how long the warrantee lasts. The green light went out on mine and Intermatic replaced it. It is my understanding that when a surge protector is tripped it is no longer reliable and often broken. Therefore it doesn't have a reset. Plug in surge protectors serve two purposes, overload protection and surge protection. The reset is for the overload protection.
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When switched off, no power gets to your appliance, so I cannot see how a power surge would effect the appliance. However, the Belkin switch may be *fried* after a power surge.
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It is supposed to stop. For any reason the item is in slight motion, of course the alarm will continue to sound. Also, the battery can be going dead and will continue to go-off until completely dead. Check battery for voltage capacity. Otherwise item could be defective.
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We have had power outages and nothing bad happened to electronics plugged in to it. But don't know if we have actually had a surge. We mostly use it as a charging station.
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After recent power outage time and both alarms settings return to a proper times. Was it extended? I dont know. I wasn't at home.
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The alarm should not be able to go off if it doesn't have the break disc in between it. Even with the unit off the bike and in the locked position, it should not go off. Maybe you have a faulty unit.
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Haven't had a three day blackout, just some short ones, but I don't recall the unit beeping more than once when the lights went out. Gave me enough time to shut down the PC and unplug everything from the wall to prevent damage from spikes when AC came back on.
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Never having it happen to me, I can only speculate that you would simply have to 'reset' the surge control product so that it would work again! Educated guess, they usually trip like a GFI and then you simply push a button and reset them! Hope this helps!
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Happened to me at 1 am a few times! It is alarm. I don't have it handy or I could give more details. The instruction sheet should help you out though. Good luck :)
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G. Larsen .. My alarm was acting strange at one point until the cable company ( Bright house ) replaced the cable modem for a upgrade of the obsolete unit .. the tech said the old unit was momentarily blinking off .. while this was not detectable using the phone it triggered the alarm.
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Bernie, Not sure I understand your question...Do you mean you want to disable the alert produced when power has been interrupted?Please explain your situation and I will try to answer.Thanks,steve