erik_squires
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| Help with Icepower 1200as2 amp please! Get the spec sheet (really a manual) from here: https://shop.icepoweraudio.com/product/1200as2/ Then see how this audio sending is enabled or disabled. It's either a jumper or switch that needs to be right. May be dirty or not working. Tr... | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough @carlsbad2 Sorry I didn’t really answer your question. As I understand it, the most common cause of a surge inside the home is when a large inductive load (motor) is turned off. The magnetic field has inertia and until it collapses is present and... | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough Awww, thanks @terry9 | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough Anyone care to explain how a vaccum clear, or anythig inside a home, can cause a surge? Surges always come from outside the home. @carlsbad2 Depends on how you classify them. Some statistics say 80% or more come from inside, especially whene... | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough @terry9 Isolation transformers have a lot of inductance, they act a little like series mode protectors. :) | |
| Best way to clean glossy finish on speakers? Dont use alcohol!! If you find anything stuck, Goo Gone works well. Dust lightly with a clean swiffer | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough If the spike your equipment encounters is coming from the same branch circuit feeding it (say a wonky vacuum cleaner in the next room), the spike will probably get to your components before it is snubbed by the WHSP back at the service entrance p... | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough @emergingsoul If you have a large electrical storm rolling through, probably a good idea to unplug your amplifiers and components. And I do but honestly I can’t be here or be aware of all of them in advance. @mfinch I work with 3 re... | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough @zlone Furman makes dozens of models for the pro and home use, from actual strips, rack mount and the Elite like home equipment like units. The features I know are important for noise and surge are LiFT (linear filtering), SMP (series mode surge ... | |
| Home network Fibre optic vs Ethernet @tvrgeek For data transmission in a home I’m pretty sure you are right that shielding doesn’t matter. My concern is that since these wires are around analog systems shielding Ethernet cable should reduce the chance that any noise transmitted from ... | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough What do people recommend for surge protection that does not affect your audio quality? Furman with LiFT and SMP has never let me down. Also provides exellent noise filtering. Emotiva CMX-6, which I am not sure provides surge protection. ... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? The issue is half in the speaker, half in the amp. Lots of speakers have challenging loads in the bass, and lots of amps can perform better with better power supplies. Notice this is kind of statistical. I say "lots" and "most." So, while bi-a... | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough @kijanki Eric mentioned in linked article, that huge number of joules is not needed. Your math isn’t wrong, but I was referring to surge strips (not necessarily a strip, but not a whole house unit). We don’t need joules for series mode prote... | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough @audioman58 I have the same brand, but mine stop blinking and an audible alarm goes off. Even so, their high clamping voltage is why I supplement those with point of use surge protectors. | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough @carlsbad2 Do whatever you’d like so long as you remain informed. :) Personally, I don’t even want to LIFT the equipment off my rack, much less deal with insurance or replacements. :) Also, I run some nice PC’s here and don’t want them to fry w... |