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Surge protector

This morning we had a power surge.  First one I ever experienced.  It knocked out the sub woofer components of my GoldenEar Triton one speakers. In my ignorance I had them plugged into the wall rather than a surge protector. Soooo it blew the amplifiers in the sub woofers. It’s going to be a costly proposition: $500 for the amplifiers plus God knows how much the dealer is going to charge for coming to my house. (He’s very reluctant to do it, wants me to lug the 80 lbs speakers to the store.   
Meanwhile, I’m having to listen to bass-less  speakers for the foreseeable future.
So, the moral of the story is plug everything into a surge protector.

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audphile1
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You sure it’s not the fuse that needs to be replaced?

erik_squires
15,877 posts
 

^^^^^^^^^

This, exactly this.  It isn't just the repair cost, it's the lifting and shipping.  An amp/ speaker that's blown sounds a lot worse than one plugged into a surge protector.

I wrote about this here:

 

immatthewj
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 It knocked out the sub woofer components of my GoldenEar Triton one speakers. In my ignorance I had them plugged into the wall rather than a surge protector. 

OP:  was everything else plugged into a surge protector, or was everything plugged into the wall and the sub components of your speakers were all that got knocked out?

Will your home owners cover any of this?

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