Greetings,
I'm curious as to exactly what "conditioning" the Furman
does.................I'd guess not all that much; it may not be any more
useful than an outlet strip (that's exactly what I did with mine in my road
racks). My apologies if I'm wrong. AC conditioning is rather complex; a
typical "conditioner" isn't much more than a few MOVs (than can and do fail
without you even knowing) and perhaps an RC network to provide very
marginal (?6dB) HF cut. I have some "real" AC conditioner/regulators that
weigh well over 50 pounds rated at only 15A! Anyway, check out the Surgex
line and I'm sure you can find a specific unit that would rate correctly
for the most important parts of your studio or some or all, depending on
what you want to protect. Also, depending on the particular Surgex product,
it's location may be more optimized closer to the equipment your protecting
rather than at the main service entrance or sub panel. That's the way it
was for the unit that my entire lab is run off of. They have great tech
support if you have any questions. And no, I'm not on the payroll.
Regards, Jim
At 01:56 PM 8/3/2011, you wrote:
So you are saying I could use something like a Surgex SA-20 and chain my
current Furman Power Conditioners into that? Just as long as I have the
Surgex at the start of the chain as the gatekeeper? There has been so
much written about different power conditioners altering the sound of
equipment. Is there anything wrong with chaining a Furman and a power bar
from the SA-20 to power all of my racks?
> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:43:20 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: NEOTEK: Lightning Surge/Fried Series II
>
>
> I'm in agreement with Jim on the Surgex. As for what model, it depends
> on how you are powering your stuff now. If it all comes to one location,
> one of the rack mount units should do. If it's spread out, you could
> look at mounting a box unit like the SX-20NE and running your cabling
> from there.
> best,
> Ike
>
> On 11-08-02 4:31 PM, lonesome hank wrote:
> > Not sure if this is the time or place to discuss power stability.
> > Perhaps though, someone could set me straight on what the bare minimum
> > should be for reasonable protection against nasty electricity spikes
> > (i have had a wake up call here). I suppose there is more than surge
> > protection to think about though. There is power conditioning (clean
> > power?), voltage regulation (protection against surges), and backup
> > power options as well. My Neotek was plugged in to a Furman PL-PlusDM
> > which offered me absolutely no protection. Makes me wonder why people
> > use these Furman boxes in the first place. I would appreciate it if
> > someone could recommend a specific Surgex model (or equivalent). As
> > always, finances are precious, but I obviously need something a little
> > more robust here.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 14:42:01 -0500
> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: RE: NEOTEK: Lightning Surge/Fried Series II
> >
> >
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Hank, you actually got off very easy; I'm glad to hear it. I'd really
> > suggest a top notch surge suppressor. We've used the Surgex units for
> > years in several applications (studio, lab- shop, computers, etc.) and
> > suggested them to many clients as well. They are actually rated for
> > lightning strikes.
> >
> > http://surgex.com/
> >
> > Regards, Jim
> > On 08/02/11, lonesome hank<[email protected]> wrote:
> > Was a TLO74 in the Control Room Monitor that fried. Power Supply was
> > fine.
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 20:41:45 -0700
> > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> > > Subject: Re: NEOTEK: Lightning Surge/Fried Series II
> > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> > >
> > > Most likely it's an internal fuse inside your power supply. Same
> > thing happend to me minus the lightning.
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > On Aug 1, 2011, at 9:58 PM, Jim Mikles <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Check the power supply first. A blown plus or minus supply (one
> > only) would do all kinds of strange things.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/1/2011 9:50 PM, lonesome hank wrote:
> > >
> > > A freak storm rolled in through Montreal this afternoon. Out of
> > nowhere, this massive detonation of lightning. Immediately there was
> > this sick sounding oscillation coming through the left side of my
> > Series II. I am guessing the problem is in the master/monitor section.
> > Have not had time to source the damage yet, but wondering if anyone
> > has a hunch on what might have happened.
> > >
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