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Surge protector CA-F100A3D1 connection for computer and decoder power supply

Bayonnelescar Posted messages 14 Status Membre -  
brupala Posted messages 111948 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   -
Hello,
I would like you to provide me, if possible, the wiring diagram for my CA-F100A3D1 Orange surge protector to power my PC as well as my decoder (which is not a live box).
Please explain the IN and OUT connections!
For your information, when I plug my surge protector alone into a power outlet, the green light does not turn on!
Is that normal?
Thank you again for your help.
Best regards.

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brupala Posted messages 111948 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   14 422
 
Hi,
if it doesn't turn on, it's not a good sign....
https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-4938739-installation-para-foudre-orange

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Bayonnelescar
 
Hello Brupala,
Does that mean that if the green light doesn't come on the surge protector plugged in alone, it's dead?
Thank you so much
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brupala Posted messages 111948 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   14 422 > Bayonnelescar
 
A light on a surge protector is useless.
It is not active equipment; it can just indicate that it is properly grounded, which is the main thing.
Is there a ground on your outlet?
Besides, you never know if a surge protector is really functional as long as what is behind it works.
It's a bit like insurance; you pay every year, but it's when you have a claim that you realize it doesn't work completely.
In any case, they only mitigate the peak of overvoltage, like the current confinement, they do not eliminate it.
Moreover,
once they burn out, they either block all signals, so you need to replace them, which is the preferred case, or they become ineffective and useless, transparent, which is the bad case.
So ultimately, I told you a nonsense earlier: the light indicates nothing, just that it may be dead or that you are not properly connected.
Otherwise, for in/out of the phone line socket, did you read the other discussion?
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