power conditioners and surge supressors

Posted by Ken Simmons [IP: 207.224.252.192] on October 18, 1999 at 16:21:46
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In Reply to: power conditioners and surge supressors posted by Larry Wien on October 18, 1999 at 14:56:29:

: The recent article in Widescreen Review said that amplifiers with this much power would see a clamping on the current draw in using the Monster 3500, being that it should be used with amps of no more than 90 watts per channel.
: Whats your thoughts on this ?????

If you try to draw more power than the conditioner is rated for (i.e. 500 W from a 450W conditioner), then you will encounter problems with clamping, or even FRYING THE $UCKER!

That's why it's important to ADD-UP THE INDIVIDUAL POWER DRAW of everything you want to power (receiver, DVD, TV, etc.) and get a conditioner that has AT LEAST 50% MORE CAPACITY (I personally recommend DOUBLE the capacity!) to handle power-on surges and such.

Unfortunately, higher-power equates to higher price tag (usually on a "logarithmic" scale ;) ).

That's my thoughts. :)

Ken

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