MOTM

Well now, this is getting personal.  I just yanked TWO surge 
protectors... one being an outlet variety one, and the "You're 
protected" light was off.  Hmm.  The next one is a power strip that 
seems to be vaguely surge protectorish, as it has a "Clamping 
Voltage" listed on the back.  Inside it's a switch, a breaker, a 
somewhat larege blue (ceramic i guess, not a tin-can electrolyitic 
one) capaictor, and a circuit breaker.  Now... the real question is 
this...  Is my *extremely* ghetto Gemini PL-9 "Pwer Supply and Light 
Module" on top of my rack a surge protector.  This is about as ghetto 
as they come... all I recall for parts inside were the inline fuse, 
the lighted switch, and a single capacitor... plus the goo for the 
nifty pull-out lights.  I can send a shot of the guts of one of the 
strips I pulled... but I suspect this gemini unit is not a surge 
protector... dunno.

Paul, if this came from someone else I would have worried in the 
morning, but MAN!

-Geoff  (checking to see if the noise floor in his setup has 
lowered...)

Those are MOVs (metal-oxide varistors), not caps.

Again, these MOVs are the culprit, and the ghetto PL-9 probably has them. If you have 1 in the
strip, that is cheesy and toss it in the trash. You need THREE of them, ask The King of All AC,
Stooge Larry for details. I have modules to ship, kit and design.

I personally use ONLY Isobar Platinum strips.

Paul S.

----- Original Message -----

From: "sucrosemusic" <sucrosemusic@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 12:33 AM
Subject: [motm] Surge Issues


> Well now, this is getting personal.  I just yanked TWO surge
> protectors... one being an outlet variety one, and the "You're
> protected" light was off.  Hmm.  The next one is a power strip that
> seems to be vaguely surge protectorish, as it has a "Clamping
> Voltage" listed on the back.  Inside it's a switch, a breaker, a
> somewhat larege blue (ceramic i guess, not a tin-can electrolyitic
> one) capaictor, and a circuit breaker.  Now... the real question is
> this...  Is my *extremely* ghetto Gemini PL-9 "Pwer Supply and Light
> Module" on top of my rack a surge protector.  This is about as ghetto
> as they come... all I recall for parts inside were the inline fuse,
> the lighted switch, and a single capacitor... plus the goo for the
> nifty pull-out lights.  I can send a shot of the guts of one of the
> strips I pulled... but I suspect this gemini unit is not a surge
> protector... dunno.
>
> Paul, if this came from someone else I would have worried in the
> morning, but MAN!
>
> -Geoff  (checking to see if the noise floor in his setup has
> lowered...)
>
>
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