jea48
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| lightning storm What the tech was referring to is that lightning potential seeks a path to ground, and will find the lowest insulated point to go through. Lightning is non discriminating. It will take any path that is provided to earth. The lower the soil to... | |
| lightning storm My system was hit by lightening, it traveled through the coax cable line into my video processor via HDMI and then hit my projector. I had everything on quality surge protectors but it didn’t matter. The electrician I took the equipment to for in... | |
| lightning storm EMI damage? Recently my F150 sat next to a pine tree that took a hit. $5k damages to the electrical. Luckily no damage to my HT/music system however my modem & charger to my laptop did not fare so well. I don’t think the damage was caused b... | |
| lightning storm You should have immediately unplugged your audio system from the wall outlet. It's possible slight damage may have occurred to some circuit board traces. It's called electronic rust. I would suggest you unplugged your audio system from the wall... | |
| Tripp Lite? FWIW, I bought my Tripp Lite ISOBAR6 ULTRA SPD/conditioners in 2020. They have the fuse protection. I personally would only buy new factory fresh SPD/Power Conditioner. Never used or reconditioned. FWIW, it should be noted that Am... | |
| Tripp Lite? Premium Safety Features Automatic shutoff permanently cuts power to outlets if protection circuit is incapacitated, preventing equipment damage and indicating replacement is required Tripp Lite series Isobar 8-Outlet Surge Protector Internal... | |
| Battery-Powered Audio System Buzzing? Interestingly the 2000-Watt sine-wave inverter I use will synchronize to mains frequency within a couple of cycles if mains is connected. I assume the inverter circuitry uses a static switch that does not connect, parallel, the inverter to the ... | |
| Power Help - What Conditioner - WHERE? Correction: (Note, I did say neutral contact on the BPTs outlet. As you know both contacts on the outlet are fed with Hot ungrounded legs, Lines.) Should read: (Note, I did not say neutral contact on the BPTs outlet. As you know both contacts... | |
| Tripp Lite? @jhm007 said: "...It depends on how high the overvoltage event is." Trying to get any real info from SCE is a challenge! I defer to my post above on 06-28-2025 at 09:03am The Power Company should have a rec... | |
| Power Help - What Conditioner - WHERE? @steakster said: My system is configured the exact same way as my suggestion. Two balanced power conditioners, a non-current limiting conditioner - on 3 separate circuits. It’s been like that for 7 years. No problems. No blown fuses. Soun... | |
| Power Help - What Conditioner - WHERE? @steakster said: Basic set-up 101: - Plug the digital components into the BPT 3.5 balanced power conditioner. Plug this conditioner into the 15amp circuit. The digital components don’t draw much load. . - Plug the analog components into th... | |
| Battery-Powered Audio System Buzzing? As far as I remember these issues arise due to the generator neutral and the house neutral not being bonded to the same reference point setting up a neutral/ground differential which causes current flow through the ground... Not really.... A st... | |
| Battery-Powered Audio System Buzzing? And yes, originally when I posted I still had 2 subs and the DAC going through wall power. Once I put everything on the battery the buzz disappeared. Thank you for sharing that tidbit. | |
| Battery-Powered Audio System Buzzing? @sid-hoff-frenchman said; Well, it powers the system just fine, however, there is a buzzing that comes through the speakers when using the battery as the power source. When plugged directly into the wall (or rather through a Zero Surge unit), th... | |
| Tripp Lite? I have a PS Audio DECTET that took a hit from an Edison power surge and it is no longer repaired by PS Audio (discontinued). Define surge.Lasting a few microseconds to a couple of milliseconds? Or the overvoltage surge lasted several seconds or... |