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This Old House
Alan J. Kearney |
Suppressing the Surge Think your PC or home theater is safe from getting zapped? Guess again...   |
Home Toys
April 2005
Andrew Ghigo |
Power Protection in the Home Theater Using surge suppressors as power protection devices. Plus, what are the important issues one needs to be aware of when working with surge suppressors? |
This Old House
Jim Collins |
Surge Protection Don't count on power strips to safeguard your home and fragile electronics |
Home Toys
August 2005 |
Making a Case for Advanced AC Power Conditioning The sensitivity and sophistication of today's electronic circuits require serious AC power conditioning. Anything less is too costly to consider, and will limit the performance users demand. |
Home Toys
August 2003
Ramon Esparolini |
Protect Your Home's Electrical Power & Technology High speed digital and/or lower quality power cause many problems ranging from unexplained home automation reliability issues to catastrophic appliance failures. This article gives advice on selecting devices to protect against power surges. |
PC World
April 23, 2001
Steve Bass |
Power Your PC--No Matter What How to defend against power fluctuations... |
Home Toys
August 2002
Daniel E. Fulmer |
Lightning and Electronics Home Control Systems Specifically The best way to protect the home is to protect the main inputs to the wiring distribution center for each incoming feed, i.e. cable TV, ethernet, each phone line, and the electrical system for the entire home, by tying them to a true ground and/or through a surge protection system. |
Home Toys
August 2004 |
Protecting Your CCTV Equipment From Lightning and Other Power-Related Problems Though there is no guaranteed way to protect your customers' digital video recorder (DVR) with outdoor-mounted CCTV security cameras from lightning strikes and power surges, there are a few simple and inexpensive ways to reduce the chance of damage. |
Home Toys
October 2003
Ramon Esparolini |
Protection During Electrical Outages; Power Quality Every Day With the expediential growth in digital technology there is an increase in the demand for high quality, low voltage which cannot be met without first obtaining high quality, high voltage. |
Home Toys
December 2003 |
Game [Not] Over Gamers: Protect Yourself Before It's Too Late! Protect your computer gaming system from power surges and spikes. |
Home Toys
December 2002
Greg Fournier |
Upgrade to Power 'Runtime' with An Uninterruptible Power Supply Why would one need to upgrade from the reliable protection of a surge suppressor to an uninterruptible power supply that may cost a little more? What benefits are there to using a UPS when, seemingly, the surge suppressor does the job? |
Home Theater
July 2001
Mike Wood |
HT Boot Camp: AC Power There's absolutely nothing worse than putting together an awesome home theater system that's starved for power or buzzing with ground loops. |
Home Toys
December 2005
Garth Powell |
Protecting and Maximizing the Performance of Your Precious Plasma! AC noise is far greater in both amplitude and bandwidth than ever before. When it couples into critical circuits it will distort low-level information as well as create data corruption and losses. |
U.S. CPSC
June 18, 2003 |
CPSC, ESFI Warn Consumers About Electrical Hazards In The Home "Inspect and Protect!" campaign encourages homeowners to safeguard homes |
Home Theater
March 26, 2002 |
PS Audio's New Power Director The Power Director performs AC conditioning, surge and spike protection, non-current limiting, and communication and switching interfaces for a custom home audio/video system or rack-mount environment... |
Home Toys
October 2002
Andrew Benton |
A Review of AC Surge Protection and Power Conditioning SurgeX protection meets the most stringent requirements of the Federal CID, was designed to withstand an unlimited number of category C1 surges as defined by IEEE 62.41-1991, filters out transients, and does not require close proximity to the building-ground to operate with total effectiveness. |
U.S. CPSC
March 22, 2002 |
ESFI Warn Flood Victims About the Dangers of Mixing Water and Electricity As the mountain snow melt begins and flood season approaches, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) are warning consumers to beware of the dangers that are present when water comes in contact with electricity... |
Home Theater
June 27, 2001 |
Panamax Announces Max 5500 AC Regenerator The Max 5500 ACRegenerator combines the best elements of surge protection with line conditioning, power stabilization and AC regeneration to give true audiophiles the best of all worlds... |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters The National Electrical Code requires that AFCIs be used to protect circuits in residential bedrooms for all new construction. The same protection can be gained in older homes by having them installed on some, or all, of your home's circuits. |
Home Toys
June 2005 |
Top Ten Protection Checklist Power outages can have a significant impact on small- to medium-sized businesses. Here are ways to protect your mission-critical assets: Start with AC Line Surge Protection... Bulletproof... Think "Runtime"... etc. |
Popular Mechanics
February 12, 2010
Cassie Rodenberg |
How Transformers Can Explode A transformer from Consolidated Edison, New York City's sole electricity supplier, exploded from beneath the sidewalk in an underground vault yesterday, creating a fiery blast that shattered windows multiple stories high. |
PC World
April 2003
Kirk Steers |
Hardware Tips: Keep the Juice Flowing Smoothly to Your PC Determine your system's power needs; learn which discs work best with your CD-ROM drive. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2006 |
Serpentine Surge Protectors, Camera Effects, Cell Phone 'Net Tests and More The PowerSquid Calamari surge protector from Flexity blocks surges of up to 3240 joules... Dremel Stylus redesigned... Stanley's FatMax Mobile Project Center is both a work surface and a handcart... Hero and Q phones are latest in downloading... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2008 |
P3 Kill A Watt PS by CableOrganizer.com CableOrganizer.com offers the P3 Kill A Watt PS power strip to help track the efficiency of electronic equipment while protecting it from power surges and spikes. |
Popular Mechanics
June 1, 2009
Mark Huber |
Air France Mystery: Was Lightning to Blame? Aviation experts agree that it is highly unlikely that lightning alone caused the crash of Air France Flight 447 earlier today. |
Home Toys
April 2005
Bob Smith |
Absolute Power Sells....Absolutely! A power conditioner that can provide system protection against surges and spikes is not really an option or an afterthought luxury, it is a necessary protective element. |
U.S. CPSC
June 25, 2009 |
Big Muddy Motor Sports Recalls Generators Due to Fire Hazard The 220-volt receptacle can fail to produce power correctly and cause power surges that can damage appliances. This poses a risk of fire and possible injury to consumers. |
Home Toys
June 2005 |
As Safe As Houses? How Safe is Yours? Are you planning any electrical work in or around your home? Perhaps you would like an extra power socket or two in the kitchen, or some garden lighting? Well please take a seat and read on because this affects you! |
