On December 21, 2010 at 07:17, Neurorad said...
And, a UPS may be invaluable to avoid system resets with minor fluctuations in power. And the Blue Bolt technology adds functionality too.
I am not overlooking anything. I am viewing the only thing that matters. Manufacturer numeric specs.
For example, voltage variations are only problematic when one is educated in hearsay. When did voltage variations harm any electronics? Never. Normal voltage for all electronics is even when incandescent bulbs dim to 50% intensity. How often is your household voltage dropping that low? And then read (learn from) manufacturer spec numbers. A light bulb at 50% intensity is normal voltage to all electronics.
Why is voltage variation harmful? Because the myth promotes sales. Because so many will believe a myth rather than first learn facts. What do manufacturer specifications and industry design standards demand? The most important question.
Same applies to power conditioners. Read the numbers. Or just hear the phrase “power conditioner”. Power conditioner sounds important. Therefore a majority recommend it?
Reality. Many power conditioners (especially many from Furman) have spec numbers equivalent to a $7 grocery store power strip protector. That is a $3 power strip with some ten cent protector parts. Sells as a power conditioner for how many $hundreds?
View a Monster example from Cubitus. Power strip protectors too often did that for decades. More scary pictures when any surge protector or power strip is not protected by only one 'whole house' protector:
[Link: hanford.gov] [Link: ddxg.net] [Link: zerosurge.com] [Link: tinyurl.com] entitled "Surge Protector Fires"
[Link: www3.cw56.com] [Link: nmsu.edu] [Link: pennsburgfireco.com] Routine is to have a direct lightning strike without damage. Therefore informed homeowners only spend $1 per appliance. A protector located short (ie 'less than 10 feet') to what does all protection: single point earth ground. Where do hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly dissipate?
Protection is always about where energy dissipates. Where do hundreds of thousands of joules dissipate in a protector rated only for hundreds of joules? That damning question alone is why so many ignored facts and numbers to make subjective (junk science) recommendations.
How to quickly identify an inferior protector. 1) It does not have a dedicated and necessary wire for the short connection to single point earth ground – where massive energy dissipates. 2) Manufacturer avoids all discussion about earthing. Those two points define so many protectors from Furman, Monster, APC, Belkin, etc.
