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Is it safe to plug an air conditioner to my surge protector?

I have a cyberpower 1030HT, which has a 6000 joule rating. http://reviews.cnet.com/power-equipment/cyberpower-10-outlet-home/4507-3055_7-31746650.html?tag=mncol;rnav (specs) I am planning on buying a 10,000 BTU AC unit. I have a 40 inch samsung LED TV, cable box, Wii, Xbox and blue ray player hooked up to it right now. I want to protect the unit from any voltage spikes due to brown outs, since its common in the summer when grids are at their peek use. Would it be safe to do?

Public Comments

1. Well if you want my opinion, the air conditioner is probably gonna be too much amp draw. But these new units have a circuit breaker built in to the ac plug, so it most likely won't hurt anything That would be my concern. The surge protector should do it's job! The AC in my opinion should have it's own outlet or a heavy duty cord rated above the AC amp draw!