surge protector

English

Noun

surge protector (plural surge protectors)

1. An appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes by limiting the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or by shorting to ground any unwanted voltages above a safe threshold.

Synonyms

• surge suppressor

Translations

appliance designed to protect electrical devices

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 突波保護器／突波保护器 (tūbō bǎohùqì)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ylijännitesuoja (fi)
• French: parafoudre (fr) m, parasurtenseur (fr)
• German: Überspannungsschutz (de) m, Überspannungsableiter m
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: túlfeszültségvédő
• Malay: pelindung pusuan, pelindung pusu, pengawal arus
• Portuguese: estabilizador (pt) m
• Russian: устро́йство защи́ты от перенапряже́ний n (ustrójstvo zaščíty ot perenaprjažénij), устро́йство защи́ты от и́мпульсных перенапряже́ний n (ustrójstvo zaščíty ot ímpulʹsnyx perenaprjažénij), сетево́й фильтр m (setevój filʹtr)
• Swedish: överspänningsskydd (sv) n

See also

• extension block
• power board
• power strip