[Boatanchors] AC Line Protection for Boatanchors

[Rob Atkinson]

Bill,

I unplug.  Yes it is inconvenient but what happened to you is even
less convenient.  Unplugging for me is somewhat seasonal.  I don't do
it as much in winter.  In summer everything is unplugged unless I'm at
home all day or operating and the wx looks okay, which around here
this summer has been just a few days unfortunately.

I also use surge protectors but they are not for lightning so much as
a power grid breakdown, and sudden return of service before I can get
to everything to shut it all off.

I use two types, a whole house s.p. that sits at the service entrance
next to the panel inside, and "point of service" units (i.e. you plug
them into an outlet and plug the load into them).   I don't remember
the make and model of the whole house unit, sorry about that, but the
vendors/manufacturers of the pos units are Price Wheeler (brand name
Brick Wall) for 120 v. and ICE for 240 v.   You can get to the ICE
product line  through www.arraysolutions.com.  Price Wheeler:
http://www.Brickwall.com.  These are high quality products, not the
consumer grade power strips sold at Best Buy etc.  They may be
available used on eBay though.  The high priced protectors I use on
expensive and discontinued solid state stuff; for the tube gear I
simply unplug them.

73

Rob
K5UJ



On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Bill Stewart <cwopr at embarqmail.com> wrote:
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> We recently had a pretty 'hot' thunder storm come thru the area with a lot of lightning. During the storm, we heard a loud pop in the area of the brkr box and the ham shack. No brkrs were tripped or anything damaged...at least haven't found anything in the house yet...but I do notice a slight tinge of blue color along the bottom of the shack tv...emp??
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> Today I went out to Studio B (out in the back yard) and noticed a brkr tripped. I flipped it back on and heard a loud 'thunk' around the HQ-150. I checked all the xmtrs and the rcvr thu a lamp and the dreaded low-input- voltage glow occurred with the HQ-150. The fuse looks to be in tact, so I'm hoping the ac switch has shorted and not the xformer. I also noticed the Heath line voltage meter was dead....later found a blown-up resistor and diode.
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> What this is leading up to is this: do you guys use these surge protected power strips on your boatanchors? I know the best way is to unplug, but that's not too convenient. It would seem they would work pretty well. Since they are designed mostly for solid state loads, I would think the reaction time would be pretty quick. Any comments pro or con, brands, specs and any experiences with their use on boatanchors would be appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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> 73 de Bill K4JYS
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