On most surge protectore the green light means it is working. Red light measn it is no longer working.
If a surge protector had a very high resistance at all voltages, the wires in the surge protector would short out. It would kick off the protector and make it useless. A new surge protector would need to be purchased.
Reactivation of a surge protector is normally not necessary if your protector has taken a hit. Typically a protector will continue to work without the ned to reactivate it.
It will very likely damage the surge protector
Answer Most of the surge suppressor indicator lights only show if the power is present and turned on. It does not add any other functionality in terms of surge suppression. Only if a particular model indicator shows that there was a surge on power line, it makes it more useful for the user as person can investigate reason or surge if it is happening repeatedly. Iindicator should be clearable manually by user. - Neeraj Sharma "...it's important a surge supressor has a light indicator that says the supressor part of the device is still working. Otherwise, you might not have protection" A+ Guide to Managing & Maintaining your PC (page 161) -MonkGizmo That indicator light cannot report all failures. Normal failure mode for a protector is to degrade. That light cannot report a degraded protector. That light only reports that a surge, much too large for the protector, caused its thermal fuse to disconnect protector parts as fast as possible. To avert a fire. That light can only report a type of failure that says a protector was grossly undersized. And a potential threat to human life if that fuse did not blow fast enough.
a surge suppressor or protector protects your equipment from spikes on the electrical line.
A surge protector, Apex. :D
Possibly, but that's kind of missing the whole point of a surge protector. The surge protector exists to protect the things that are plugged into it. If you're not using those devices anyway during the storm, sure, go ahead and unplug the surge protector... but you could also have just unplugged the devices themselves from the wall and not bought a surge protector in the first place. Also, storms don't directly damage surge protectors. Stopping surges damages surge protectors. If there's no surge, it doesn't matter if the surge protector is plugged in or not.
The function of an APC surge protector, or any surge protector is to protect your electric goods from electrical surges. One could find more information on their website, if further information is required.
If the fuse in a surge protector is blown it will not resume operation unless the fust is replaced.
I'd be a good idea, but it isn't necessary. On the off chance that there is a power surge and the surge protector on your house doesn't work it will protect it.
If it is a surge protector, then it often has two lights. This optional second light reports a defective safety ground. Always required first light reports protector circuits have disconnected to avert a house fire. Some glow when OK. Others glow when a failure has occurred. Consult the manufacturer's instructions. A power strip typically has only one light to indicate power. Both protector and non-protector strips, if minimally safe, feature a circuit breaker that disconnects all lights and receptacles.
I dont think it protects the system, it just keeps your computer for blowing up when there is a power surge. What the surge protector does is it takes "the hit" from the surge and that fries instead of the computer.