Choosing a new surge protector

We had a severe thunderstorm this weekend which caused the power to flicker quite a bit for a few minutes.  We had a number of branches come down as a result.  Here's a picture of the biggest one which fell.

I've got surge protectors protecting my computer, our Internet router, and our TV, satellite TV box, and other entertainment equipment.  I shut off all the surge protectors once the power starting flickering as that can be very bad for electronic equipment.  Once the storm ended, I found 2 circuit breakers had been tripped and 2 of our surge protectors had died.  One expired in spectacular fashion, throwing some sparks when I tried turning it back on.  The one which failed was an Anker surge protector with a 4000 joule rating which had lasted 7 years.  Given the fact that it had survived a number of other storms during that time, I thought it had done its job admirably.  As you can see below, our dog found the smell of burnt electronic components interesting.

 

That could have been worse had we not had whole house surge protectors installed when we first moved into this house 12 years ago.  That was primarily intended to protect larger appliances where it's not feasible to use individual surge protectors.  Computers and entertainment equipment contain electronic components which are more susceptible to damage from power spikes which make it through the whole house surge protectors.

So I quickly needed to choose a few replacement surge protectors.  Fortunately, my RSS reader had picked up a story about surge protectors a few months ago.  As a temporary measure, I picked up a GE model which was available at Walmart.  Its joule rating was lower than the Anker model it was replacing which will only suffice as a temporary measure.  I've ordered a new Anker surge protector and will move the GE model to replace the other failed surge protector once that arrives.
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