[rescue] Power question...
Patrick Finnegan
pat at computer-refuge.org
Mon Jan 12 23:57:35 CST 2004
On Monday 12 January 2004 16:57, Bill Bradford wrote:
> Speaking of power - anybody had experience with the "Brickwall"
> surge supressors? http://www.brickwall.com. I'm considering buying
> a couple; one for the computer room and one to put between my 51" TV
> and the wall..
At those prices, why not just buy a UPS and/or power conditioner? I'd
be just as worried about brownouts affecting stuff as I would worry
about voltage spikes...
And another thing... they say they have 'the lowest clamping voltage in
the industry': 172V, which is about 2.3 volts above what the peak
voltage on an EXACTLY 120V power line. And what happens when your
transformer/power lines are a bit underloaded and you get 122VAC
instead, which is still in spec for what the power company can send
you? You'll be clamping perfectly good power with that, shortening the
supressor's life, and wasting power... things have tolerances for a
reason.
I'd say... if you're cheap, get a standard crappy MOV surge supressor,
if you want something that's nice than that, get a power conditioner or
UPS.
That's my $0.02.
Pat
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