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Is a power conditioner worth it?
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<blockquote data-quote="chrisc" data-source="post: 1099545" data-attributes="member: 746"><p>There are some Furman units on sale here. These are not too expensive and serve a worthwhile purpose</p><p></p><p>Bear in mind that surge protection devices, by their very nature, destroy themselves as time goes by. They operate by clamping any voltage above the design limit. The effectiveness is measures in joules. </p><p></p><p>An example: The device shown below, called a Metal Oxide Varistor and costs R1,02 will clamp 1mA for 160us. As you can see from the graph, voltage arresting takes place instantly above the level specified. Being so inexpensive, its worthwhile replacing them every year as you have no means of knowing whether the device is functional or not</p><p></p><p>One trick is to mount 3 in a 3-pin 15A plugtop. Live to neutral, live to earth and neutral to earth. Again, a suppressor plug is available from Mantech which has this built into the enlarged plugtop case and is a worthwhile investment. Its about R120,00</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/WMatrr4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/JT0Q4Gf.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/0KKR310.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chrisc, post: 1099545, member: 746"] There are some Furman units on sale here. These are not too expensive and serve a worthwhile purpose Bear in mind that surge protection devices, by their very nature, destroy themselves as time goes by. They operate by clamping any voltage above the design limit. The effectiveness is measures in joules. An example: The device shown below, called a Metal Oxide Varistor and costs R1,02 will clamp 1mA for 160us. As you can see from the graph, voltage arresting takes place instantly above the level specified. Being so inexpensive, its worthwhile replacing them every year as you have no means of knowing whether the device is functional or not One trick is to mount 3 in a 3-pin 15A plugtop. Live to neutral, live to earth and neutral to earth. Again, a suppressor plug is available from Mantech which has this built into the enlarged plugtop case and is a worthwhile investment. Its about R120,00 [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/WMatrr4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/JT0Q4Gf.png[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/0KKR310.png[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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