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#15005 - 05/06/05 03:49 PM Re: Power Conditioners
audvid Offline
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Registered: 02/17/03
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Loc: Fairview, TX
Do the Panamax products use MOVs?

If they do are there any concerns about it?

There have been discussions within this forum about MOVs being less than desireable.

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#15006 - 05/06/05 04:05 PM Re: Power Conditioners
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Panamax does use MOV's, so (as with any MOV-based unit) there is a finite number of events it can filter before it gradually becomes ineffectual. I've had mine since early 2002, and I figure I'll replace it (possibly with a Brick Wall unit, which does not use MOV's) in the next year or so, or at least move the most valuable hardware to something else.
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#15007 - 05/06/05 07:52 PM Re: Power Conditioners
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Registered: 05/04/05
Posts: 226
Loc: USA
Any thoughts welcome on this one . Having an inductor ran in series could possibly choke large components such as amps and subs which require large amounts of power to recharge their caps . Any truth to this ? This is an argument made by Pnamax which I found in their manual for the 5300 . I believe the Brick Wall uses such an in line inductor coil . I am not so sure I can swallow this one from Panamax as their seems to be enough headroom for a large influx of power before the Brick Wall units respond . Could somone clear this up a bit ? Thanks .
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#15008 - 05/15/05 06:00 AM Re: Power Conditioners
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Registered: 09/17/02
Posts: 31
I think the Series Mode technology companies like Brick Wall , SurgeX , and Adcom (there are probably others now) are the only ones worth considering.

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#15009 - 05/19/05 11:28 AM Re: Power Conditioners
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Gunslinger

Registered: 04/19/05
Posts: 81
Loc: Chicago,IL
Quote:
Originally posted by gonk:
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I use a Panamax MAX5100 for my surge protection. As a bonus, it provides some EMI/RFI filtration. A lot of folks use Monster's units and are happy with them, but Monster's array of overpriced interconnects made me wary of their stuff and I found the 5100 for a little over $200.
you use the 5100 for your 750 and two m200s and i assume you have a powered sub...
the 5100 only has 2 high current outlets wich they say to use for amps.
do you use the two high power outlets for the front 200s and the 750 on one of the other 2 banks and maybe use another surge protector for the sub? just courious how you have the 5100 set up.
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#15010 - 05/19/05 12:00 PM Re: Power Conditioners
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Registered: 03/21/01
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I have a simple power strip (no surge protection) plugged in to one high current outlet to feed the three amps. I've had the sub on a regular outlet for a long time, but come to think of it I may move it to the other high current and change it from auto-sense to always on.
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