[Cube] Re: help with protection of surges

[George Pepper]

One thing that I can confirm, as a musician who has used electronic  
equipment for thirty years, is that a cheap strip-type surge  
protector offers very little, if any, protection.  What you REALLY  
want is a POWER CONDITIONER with an isolation transformer.  I use  
Furman AR-1215's exclusively.  They are about $500.00 on eBay, IF you  
can find somebody willing to part with one.  Since they are made for  
rack gear, they are 19" rack mountable, but no battery for backup for  
computer devices.  Run an APC out of a Furman like that though, and  
you will be golden.  The only weak link then would be your phone line  
if you use a modem or DSL modem.


On Oct 6, 2005, at 7:07 AM, Riba wrote:


>>> It won't make any difference, the source of the surge can be
>>> generated miles away, and then the spike travels through the  
>>> wires to
>>> your house. I used to have a similar problem until the dug in the
>>> cables.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Would "dug in" cables be buried underground where they enter your  
>> house?
>> I had the power wires  (also phone and cable) buried from the pole  
>> to my house mostly for aesthetics.
>> It would be neat to find out there was a practical benefit.
>>
>>
>
> No, they need to be buried in for a greater length. The thing is  
> that the surge gets created in the wires when you have phone and  
> power lines running in parallel above the ground (which is a no-no,  
> but most often than not that rule is not respected). So a current  
> surge in one of the lines will induce a surge on another one which  
> will in turn hit your home. Having the cables laid down underground  
> for a few dozen feet will not help you out. The idea is to dig them  
> in in the source of the problem.
>
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