All surge protection hardware that I'm aware of exists to protect your equipment from electrical surges coming from the grid.

Is there one that protects the grid from the particular piece of equipment?

Case in point:

I have a laser printer that generates a surge every time it's turned on. It used to cause my computer to crash, until I put the computer behind a UPS.

Now the UPS bleeps in protest and goes into powerfail mode for a few seconds whenever I print something. The UPS is getting tired of this and is asking for a new battery. Plus my lights and other stuff not plugged into the UPS still gets hit. It's not practical for me to put every single piece of electrical equipment in the entire circuit behind a UPS. I need a better solution.

I asked an electrician if he could run a direct power line from the printer to the street but he thought I was crazy and refused to even provide an estimate.

What can I install between the printer and the electric circuit, that will protect the circuit from printer-generated surges? Is there a name for this type of equipment? What buzzwords do I need to look for in the specs?

All surge protection hardware that I'm aware of exists to protect your equipment from electrical surges coming from the grid.

Is there one that protects the grid from the particular piece of equipment?

Case in point:

I have a laser printer that generates a surge every time it's turned on. It used to cause my computer to crash, until I put the computer behind a UPS.

Now the UPS bleeps in protest and goes into powerfail mode for a few seconds whenever I print something. The UPS is getting tired of this and is asking for a new battery. Plus my lights and other stuff not plugged into the UPS still gets hit. It's not practical for me to put every single piece of electrical equipment in the entire circuit behind a UPS. I need a better solution.

I asked an electrician if he could run a direct power line from the printer to the street but he thought I was crazy and refused to even provide an estimate. I probably did not explain it correctly.

What can I install between the printer and the electric circuit, that will protect the circuit from printer-generated surges? Is there a name for this type of equipment? What buzzwords do I need to look for in the specs?

All surge protection hardware that I'm aware of exists to protect your equipment from electrical surges coming from the grid.

Is there one that protects the grid from the particular piece of equipment?

Case in point:

I have a laser printer that generates a surge every time it's turned on. It used to cause my computer to crash, until I put the computer behind a UPS.

Now the UPS bleeps in protest and goes into powerfail mode for a few seconds whenever I print something. The UPS is getting tired of this and is asking for a new battery. Plus my lights and other stuff not plugged into the UPS still gets hit. It's not practical for me to put every single piece of electrical equipment in the entire circuit behind a UPS. I need a better solution.

What can I install between the printer and the electric circuit, that will protect the circuit from printer-generated surges? Is there a name for this type of equipment? What buzzwords do I need to look for in the specs?

All surge protection hardware that I'm aware of exists to protect your equipment from electrical surges coming from the grid.

Is there one that protects the grid from the particular piece of equipment?

Case in point:

I have a laser printer that generates a surge every time it's turned on. It used to cause my computer to crash, until I put the computer behind a UPS.

Now the UPS bleeps in protest and goes into powerfail mode for a few seconds whenever I print something. The UPS is getting tired of this and is asking for a new battery. Plus my lights and other stuff not plugged into the UPS still gets hit. It's not practical for me to put every single piece of electrical equipment in the entire circuit behind a UPS. I need a better solution.

I asked an electrician if he could run a direct power line from the printer to the street but he thought I was crazy and refused to even provide an estimate.

What can I install between the printer and the electric circuit, that will protect the circuit from printer-generated surges? Is there a name for this type of equipment? What buzzwords do I need to look for in the specs?