Add a surge suppressor, however, and the item is now a "Transient Voltage Surge Suppressor" and may be permanently uses. It is evaluated under UL 1449. The packaging will indicate this.
John the simple addition of surge suppression does not change the listing.
Did you bother to read what I posted?
Here is the short version.
RELOCATABLE POWER TAPS
(XBYS)
USE AND INSTALLATION
This category covers relocatable power taps rated 250 V ac or less, 20 A or less...............They may, in addition, be provided with fuses or other supplementary overcurrent protection, switches, suppression components and/or indicator lights in any combination, or connections for cable, communications, telephone and/or antenna.............
Now there are other products that look somewhat like RELOCATABLE POWER TAPS that are listed differently.
They are made for permanent mounting to computer equipment racks and may or may not have surge suppression.
These might be what 'SafetyGem' found.
I have a 'plug strip' in my basement with surge suppression it is still UL tagged as a RELOCATABLE POWER TAP.
So just because a plug strip has surge suppression in it you will have to look at the UL tag to see how it is listed.
[This message has been edited by iwire (edited 07-04-2006).]
