[Elecraft] OT Power Strip suggestion.

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Wed Feb 21 13:31:15 EST 2018


Don't know about their quality, but it's the right way to do it.

73, Jim K9YC

On 2/21/2018 7:02 AM, Mark Goldberg wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 1:41 AM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com 
> <mailto:jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>> wrote:
>
>     The ONLY safe place for MOV protection is at the service entrance
>     -- the "whole house protector."  The only safe protection on a
>     branch circuit (that is, anywhere else) is a SERIES MODE
>     protector. Series-mode protectors store the surge in a big
>     inductor, then slowly discharge them after the surge has ended.
>     They are widely used in pro audio systems, which have many
>     interconnections between equipment. That industry uses protectors
>     made by Surge-X; a company called Brick Wall is a competitor that
>     focuses on the home entertainment market. I use Surge-X units in
>     by home, office, and ham station.
>
>
> What about Zerosurge? They look to be the same technology, but cheaper.




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