what is the white, fixed peg on the back of the housing - won't let me plug surge protector fully into the outlet?
1134588
Hi. That is intended for mounting the Belkin Surgemaster; it stabilizes the unit.
1134589
The plastic peg goes into the bottom grounding hole of a duplex (3 prong) outlet. The peg keeps the addon from twisting thus providing stability. This addon is not meant for polarized (2 slot) outlets)
1880580
The co said it was defective, I have a third one now, I'm afraid to take it out of the box.The first one stopped working after2 months, the second one I turned on once and it wouldn't shut off.I unplugged it but it never worked so they sent the 3rd one. They didn't ask me to send the others back, so I feel they don't know either. The only suggestion they came up with is "don't plug into a surge protector strip". I wish I could help, other than contact the company, not who you bought it from. Good luck
1247264
It is the type plug that has one outlet on one side and two on the other side with the protector over the double side. I only needed one side so I left the protector over the double side.
390755
It has room for a single plug to go into it. And it sticks out from the wall about 2", NOT including whatever you plug into it. I will upload a photo of it plugged into the wall receptacle. It is the white plug in the photo. edit: Well apparently, Amazon.com does not want me to add my own image to this product. What I WILL say, is that the photo is deceiving, in that it sticks out from the wall much more than the product photo shows.
1290535
Well, we used just a standard outlet. What is funky about the plug you have?
678883
There is a hole on the back of the unit, close to the bottom. Push one end of the power cord into it, and the other end with the plug, goes into the outlet.
2211873
The Center hole is just like that of a cover plate, it does go all the way through and it comes with a longer screw to accommodate the surge protector and still screw into the outlet (Phillips or slotted).
667199
The back of the unit has a 3 prong plug that goes into the top plug of the outlet. There is a long screw in the center that goes into the screw hole that the outlet cover plate normally goes to. Then, there is a plastic prong that fits into the bottom part of the prong plug to help stabilize it. I'll try to attach a picture to the images at the side of the product on the Amazon site
799158
The Mediabridge surge protector UL label reads "Surge Protector Device 50E8"
597384
It is a protector and indicates if the plug you are using is wired correctly.
175914
I put it in the upper socket and the lower socket is totally accessible, however the other way around it would be blocking the other outlet.
522489
The manufacture would want you to get a surge protector with a longer cable, which they do sell. But I have had similar situations and have done just that, with no problems.
223381
There is a rubber slip towards the top, remove it and the plug is right there
2207609
The photo makes it look like it is a surge protector outlet. However the one I received from Amazon only contained a regular outlet. I ended up swapping it for a low voltage stereo connector plate, so I didn't really examine regular outlet closely. Hope this helps.
2207610
The photo makes it look like it is a surge protector outlet. However the one I received from Amazon only contained a regular outlet. I ended up swapping it for a low voltage stereo connector plate, so I didn't really examine regular outlet closely.Hope this helps.
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I assume one of the prongs is a bit larger (more square)? That is the modern polarity plug and sometimes they will not fit into old outlets. A couple-dollar adapter bought at any hardware store will cure your problem (take fixture with you so hardware store people know what you are talking about) or, you can update the outlet in your home that you want to use, with a new design outlet (not easy for untrained person to do and could be dangerous to try by yourself).
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A standard 3 prong (grounded) plug will fit the upper outlet fine along with the surge protector in the lower outlet: the upper outlet is not blocked. This of course assumes that the top plug is not oversize, i.e. charger plugs, or come with a super heavy duty cord that does not flex.