“Will the Insignia surge protector outlet protect standard outlets "down line" when they are fed from it???”
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There are provisions on this outlet to feed thru this circuit to other outlets under the same terminals that incoming power is supplied. Usually between these terminals and the "plug in" portion of the outlet, MOVs (metallic oxide varistors) are tied to the connection to drain excessive voltage/energy to ground. Whatever energy is drained off at this point, is prevented from going downstream to the next unprotected outlet. So technically this surge protected outlet does provide some protection to any downstream protected device. However, since the MOVs are not wired right at where the bridge occurs between the incoming and outgoing power, some of the surge may travel down to the next outlet and still cause damage. A couple of things that should be noted for good surge suppression. A good effective ground is needed for any surge suppression to do its job. That means the connections to the ground rod as well as how the ground rod is actually installed in the ground, based on soil conditions, are important to reduce the resistance to make an effective ground. The less resistance to ground, the better. This also means surge suppression installed at the distribution panel will work the best, as the return path to ground is the shortest, reducing resistance to ground, catching most of the surge before it enters circuits to the rest of your house/building/equipment. Surge suppression like the Insignia 2 Outlet Surge Protector are great to pick up any residual surge not intercepted by the distribution panel surge suppression. As a side note, the current version of the National Electric Code requires a panel surge suppressor for any new construction, because it has been proven they dramatically prevent damage during a surge event.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.No, looking at the picture there aren't any output terminals like a GFCI would have. Anything down the line would have to be connected before, not through this device, even if the wire uses the same box.
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