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Woke up today at 530am to the sound of beeping uninterpretable power supplies (UPS). Thought there was a power outage. Nope. Had a nice big power spike. Thanks Baltimore Gas and Electric!(BGE) Several breakers were tripped. And 5 surge protectors blew. 3 were these Belkin SurgeCubes. They gave their life to protect my new washing machine, side by side fridge, and a garage door opener. All these devices continue to function. Would have had huge repair bills to fix those. I am getting 5 more to replace the failed ones. Cheeeeeaaapp protection! Nuff said. These cubes protected just as well as a Tripp Lite 3800 joule which also died in that surge. Had a surge in December too. Lost an alarm panel, and had to pay 300+ to replace a defrost module in that same fridge. That module would probably would have burned again if I didnt have a SurgeCube on it. All the new fridges have very expensive motherboards now. You better protect it. Called BGE, not very helpful. They need to check the transformer next to my driveway. They assigned a case number. Who knows when and if they will check it. Edit: Had a very experienced electrician check my homes wiring. All perfect. BGE did a load test on the transformer. No problems found. Said call them if I have a problem. Yeah OK. All burnt surge protectors have been replaced. So I guess I'm ready for the next surge... hopefully.