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Warning of power surge damage when plug into controller powerbars

PSA: Do not plug in your ReeFi into powerbar controller such as Hydros, GHL, Apex, etc. When relay switches on other devices switch off, it can create power surge to the other outlet that are still on, and these powerbars do not isolate the outlets. Ideally they should have put MOV (varistor) to prevent surges from induction backfeed. I have seen 5 ReeFi Uno 2.0 Pro that have been damaged by power surge. Best is to plug the ReeFi directly to a surge protection power stripe.