These surge protectors take voltage to run. Those five milliamperes could be the source of failure. I've found this out the hard way. Be sure to add all voltage and amps. Don't wanna fail when two thousand people shaking what mama gave em.
The issue is that the power lines are not buried, but all above ground... subject to all sorts of weather (high wind, heavy rain, lightning strikes, ice, snow), birds and trees striking the lines and we've even had cases where vehicles have left the highway and hit the power poles with such force that the lines were pulled down. The most frequent cause seems to be birds that get caught up in the lines somehow and blow the breakers on the system. Sometimes when the system is reset and/or resets itself, a surge of power is sent down the line which makes having surge protectors on any sensitive equipment a necessity. We burned out 3 or 4 routers before we got the battery-based surge protection system we have on it now. The TV system just has a power bar with surge protection on it, but plans are now to upgrade it as well.
Another issue may indeed be excessive drain on the overall system since I live in a rural/semi-rural area outside of a major center where the population has been growing significantly over the last few years. This is most likely the biggest issue with our internet service since the equipment that supplies the service is somewhat overloaded but very few people want to allow new transmission towers to be built near them because they rightly or wrongly fear various health consequences with living near such systems. I doubt, however, that a few milliamps here or there would make any difference whatsoever.
The issue is that the power lines are not buried, but all above ground... subject to all sorts of weather (high wind, heavy rain, lightning strikes, ice, snow), birds and trees striking the lines and we've even had cases where vehicles have left the highway and hit the power poles with such force that the lines were pulled down. The most frequent cause seems to be birds that get caught up in the lines somehow and blow the breakers on the system. Sometimes when the system is reset and/or resets itself, a surge of power is sent down the line which makes having surge protectors on any sensitive equipment a necessity. We burned out 3 or 4 routers before we got the battery-based surge protection system we have on it now. The TV system just has a power bar with surge protection on it, but plans are now to upgrade it as well.
Another issue may indeed be excessive drain on the overall system since I live in a rural/semi-rural area outside of a major center where the population has been growing significantly over the last few years. This is most likely the biggest issue with our internet service since the equipment that supplies the service is somewhat overloaded but very few people want to allow new transmission towers to be built near them because they rightly or wrongly fear various health consequences with living near such systems. I doubt, however, that a few milliamps here or there would make any difference whatsoever.