360 is plugged into a surge protector

yeah so I have my 360 plugged into a surge protector. Has anyone had problems with this? or does anyone know of any problems because of this?

I've always had mine plugged into a surge protector for 4 years now and never had an issues.

yeah so I have my 360 plugged into a surge protector. Has anyone had problems with this? or does anyone know of any problems because of this?

lovelikerockits

No problems & it shouldn't cause any. Your console is too valuable to not use the surge protector anyways right?

ive always had mine in a surge protector (cause 2 sockets is not enough)

and even tho ive had many problems with my 360, im pretty sure it has never caused any

thanks for the replies guys. I just read on xbox.com that it should be plugged directly into the wall. I for the life of me couldn't understand why lol. im just being very cautious this time around...i just bought this xbox only 1 month ago. and i couldn't find a jasper so i ended up getting the one that had indiana jones and kung fu panda boxed in. just want this console to last me for a long time :)

It's recommended that you plug it into a surge protector

I've had two 360 Elites die on me and this is my third one that I've had for a long time with no problems. When my first one died, I called MS and they asked if it was plugged into a surge protector. I said yes, and they said that can kill them. I didn't believe him.

When I got my new one, I plugged it into my protector again. Died.

When I got my next new one, I plugged into wall. No problems since.

Make what you will of it, but MS says plug directly into wall.

thanks for the replies guys. I just read on xbox.com that it should be plugged directly into the wall. I for the life of me couldn't understand why lol. im just being very cautious this time around...i just bought this xbox only 1 month ago. and i couldn't find a jasper so i ended up getting the one that had indiana jones and kung fu panda boxed in. just want this console to last me for a long time :)

lovelikerockits

I'm pretty sure they only recommend that because some people might have a lot of things on the same protector or it might be a cheap one that doesn't handle a lot of watts. Most surge protectors handle at least 1800+ watts so it really doesn't matter. This is all speculation on my part though.

My 360 is also plugged into a protector; no problems so far.

Ive heard from many people that you should plug a console directly into a wall.

I also had two 360s die on me when I had em in a surge protector. My currect 360 I have plugged into the wall and have had no issues.

So who knows really.. Makes sense to put electronics in a surge protector, but Ive been hearing differnt about 360s lately.

Both of mine are plugged straight into the wall, haven't had any problems. Just don't play during lightning storms! I live in Vegas so that's not much of a problem for me, but dust is. lolSnakeEyesX80

EXACTLY.. I just unplug my 360 from the wall when im not using it or especially when there is a storm starting,etc...

I have mine in a surge protector and had no problems. julie

I plug 90% of my stuff into surge protectors just because i have so much crap to plug in.... I have had my 360 plugged into a surge protector since day 1.

yeah I dunno about microsoft and their policies. but it does say to plug it directly into the wall on their website. I was puzzled by that as well. I guess I'm just gonna leave it plugged into the surge protector for now. I just have too many things plugged in at the moment and can't plug it into the wall but at the same stime i don't see why you wouldn't want to plug it into a surge protector. oh well thanks microsoft! lol

I had my 360 for over a year no problems until I got a surge protector for it, after that 1 week later my 360 got rrod. Now I plug my 360 straight into the wall socket. Also the power brick is a surge protector in itself.

It's recommended that you plug it into a surge protector

LostSoul781

I heard the opposite.

It is recommended that you DON'T have your 360 plugged into a surge protector because the 360's power brick has it's own surge protector built in.

That being said, I've had mine plugged into one for a good year and a half and haven't had any problems with it ;)