Aspies For Freedom

A few weeks ago, I eliminated some surge suppressors in my computer setup so as to eliminate "daisy chains" of surge suppressors in series, which I hear can actually amplify a power surge instead of suppress it.  All the surge protection is now at the UPS, and any power strips connected to that are just power strips.

There's still one more way for a power surge to get in... through the coaxial cable into the cable modem.  I've got the TV a few feet away from the desk, along with its surge suppressor which has unused cable connections.  (Note: the cable service is currently just for internet.  I didn't even feel like paying for basic TV channels, otherwise those cable connections on the surge suppressor would already be in use.)  I was thinking I might run the TV cable to that surge suppressor, and then another cable out of that to the cable modem.

Here's the question.  Will a cable-TV surge suppressor interfere with the internet signal in any way?

Well, anytime you install a new device like that some deterioration is pretty inevitable--but it would be so little that you wouldn't notice it. I don't think that should cause any problems unless your surge protector was made by an idiot and tried to run the cable signal through a line conditioner or something

The surge suppressor by the TV is of the brand-name "Woods".  I don't even remember how many years I've had it and where I got it (e.g. Lowe's, Wal-Mart, etc.).  Tends to happen when you're an electronics freak and you accumulate more surge suppressors, power strips, etc. than you know what to do with.

I should have an extra 75-ohm TV cable lying around somewhere that should reach between the entertainment center and the desk, just so see how it goes.