PROTECTION and "Series Mode". What about series mode protection?
Series mode protection by itself is good, but has some weaknesses. One major weakness is that common mode impulses generated by in house surges or other types of surges are unprotected by a series mode surge protector, bet they didn't tell you that. Or, maybe they said they do not occur or are not large enough to cause any damage? The UL1449 spec they like to quote *requires* a common mode surge test, why would they have the test if it was not important? Also, see below as to why they still claim they pass UL1449 despite having no common mode protection. Panamax surge protectors protect against common mode surges. Also, series mode proponents claim that other protectors have short lifetimes, while theirs does not. The manufacturer of the components used for AC protection rates their product as having a lifetime of 500 years if you had a direct hit by lightning on your power feed once per year (IEEE 500 amp test pulse). Or, you could easily handle 100,000 100 amp surges. Another claim is that Panamax surge protectors shunt all surges to ground. Not so! Surges are diverted to neutral and ground, making all 3 phases have the same potential, meaning no downstream damage, unlike the claims. Also, they claim that mode 2 protectors inflate by massive factors the ground reference, we can direct you to sources in the power industry that says this can happen without *any* mode 2 protector, the case is vastly overstated, and since they do not protect against those types of surges... Series mode protectors really do NOT pass the UL1449 rating as that requires passing the mode 2 protection test, it is part of the UL1449 spec. They get out of it by not having ANY protection except for hot-neutral, and therefore there is nothing to test, all semantics. Which means other types of surges are *completely* unprotected. Ask them what happens during a prolonged surge, as in 10 seconds, or minutes say during an ice storm. Also, if the surge exceeds their rated capacity, any coil design gets overloaded, and overloaded coils pass through the voltage. If they tell you you cannot possibly get a surge in excess of 6,000 volts, wrong again. Finally, most of the ones we've seen do NOT guarantee they will protect your system, Panamax does! Now why would that be?
http://www.powersystemsdirect.com/Pa...zed_c29_21.php
I can get a Panamax unit on-line for about 60% of MSRP. However, retail outlets and authorized Panamax dealers all charge within $30 of the MSRP. Panamax says buying elsewhere will void the warranty plus void its protection guarantees. Is this legal under the Uniform Commercial Code? And, if so, would you pay the extra dollars to buy authorized (e.g., $320 vs. $499).
Finally, is it really necessary to connect the coaxial cables. My installer used very high quality connectors from satellite dish to HR 10-250 satellite receiver, and I don't want to add additional cables, connectors, etc. that could degrade the signal and picture quality. Thoughts?
And what realistic risks am I or others facing if we rely on basic Monster power strip surge suppressors? Others rely on simple protectors such as these and have no belief extra protection is needed?
Thanks.
Series mode protection by itself is good, but has some weaknesses. One major weakness is that common mode impulses generated by in house surges or other types of surges are unprotected by a series mode surge protector, bet they didn't tell you that. Or, maybe they said they do not occur or are not large enough to cause any damage? The UL1449 spec they like to quote *requires* a common mode surge test, why would they have the test if it was not important? Also, see below as to why they still claim they pass UL1449 despite having no common mode protection. Panamax surge protectors protect against common mode surges. Also, series mode proponents claim that other protectors have short lifetimes, while theirs does not. The manufacturer of the components used for AC protection rates their product as having a lifetime of 500 years if you had a direct hit by lightning on your power feed once per year (IEEE 500 amp test pulse). Or, you could easily handle 100,000 100 amp surges. Another claim is that Panamax surge protectors shunt all surges to ground. Not so! Surges are diverted to neutral and ground, making all 3 phases have the same potential, meaning no downstream damage, unlike the claims. Also, they claim that mode 2 protectors inflate by massive factors the ground reference, we can direct you to sources in the power industry that says this can happen without *any* mode 2 protector, the case is vastly overstated, and since they do not protect against those types of surges... Series mode protectors really do NOT pass the UL1449 rating as that requires passing the mode 2 protection test, it is part of the UL1449 spec. They get out of it by not having ANY protection except for hot-neutral, and therefore there is nothing to test, all semantics. Which means other types of surges are *completely* unprotected. Ask them what happens during a prolonged surge, as in 10 seconds, or minutes say during an ice storm. Also, if the surge exceeds their rated capacity, any coil design gets overloaded, and overloaded coils pass through the voltage. If they tell you you cannot possibly get a surge in excess of 6,000 volts, wrong again. Finally, most of the ones we've seen do NOT guarantee they will protect your system, Panamax does! Now why would that be?
http://www.powersystemsdirect.com/Pa...zed_c29_21.php
I can get a Panamax unit on-line for about 60% of MSRP. However, retail outlets and authorized Panamax dealers all charge within $30 of the MSRP. Panamax says buying elsewhere will void the warranty plus void its protection guarantees. Is this legal under the Uniform Commercial Code? And, if so, would you pay the extra dollars to buy authorized (e.g., $320 vs. $499).
Finally, is it really necessary to connect the coaxial cables. My installer used very high quality connectors from satellite dish to HR 10-250 satellite receiver, and I don't want to add additional cables, connectors, etc. that could degrade the signal and picture quality. Thoughts?
And what realistic risks am I or others facing if we rely on basic Monster power strip surge suppressors? Others rely on simple protectors such as these and have no belief extra protection is needed?
Thanks.
