New Surge Protector Installation

The night of January 15, 2012 I replaced two very old and inexpensive surge protectors with a Belkin Pivot-Plug Surge Protector (Model # BP112230-08). As I mentioned previously, this new surge protector was required by the purchase of a Sleep Number p7 bed.

The installation was very simple and straight forward so no details are needed. I spent most of the time laying out the connected components and using wire ties to make it look clean and organized. I have provided some pictures below of the before and after.

For a point of reference the surge protector and connected components are "hidden" under the bed. This helps keep the components from being an eye sore. Based on my observed tests the current location has no noticeable impact on signal strength for the wireless network. Right now I have 5 components that can connect to the wireless network.

Surge protectors are not sexy or exciting (OK maybe they are to us geeks), so I'll just say that the surge protector is doing exactly what it should be doing. I hope never to hear from it and I hope to only replace it when it no longer meets my needs. And now my data network component layout is clean and organized. I have a second phase plan for all the data network components and if it pans out I will post about it.

The following data network components are connected to the surge protector:

Mortorola SURFboard SB5100

AT&T 2.4 GHz Cordless with Digital Answering System E2811

Obi100 VoIP Telephone Adapter and Voice Service Bridge

D-Link Xtreme N Gigabit Router DIR-655

Also connected to the surge protector:

Alarm clock

Night stand lamp

Sleep Number Bed Pump

Layout of Data Network before installation:

Layout of Data Network after installation: