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Life of a PS Audio PowerPlant??

Any idea about the life of a line power conditioner? I am talking about the PS Audio PowerPlant 300 Multiwawe I that came out to the market in 2000. Would it be wise to buy a unit this old? Do this kind of devises loose some of their capabilities? Any comments out there. Thanks in advance for your help!
tiofelon
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roscoeiii
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I believe that the Power Plants with the greatest number of problems have been the Power Plant Premiers, which were made in China. PS Audio has moved production back to the US for their current regenerators. I hear of less issues with the older models than for the PPPs.
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stanwal
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MY PPP IS GOING FINE. GREAT UNIT. I MIGHT GET ANOTHER JUST FOR POWER
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jburidan
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The PowerPlant to which Tiofelon refers will overheat. That's the main issue with it; and with the P500, as well.

They tend to overheat even when not loaded with more watts than recommended, and the cooling circuit tend to fail. That's been my experience with two P500 units that I have owned. I traded-up to the PPP, and have had zero issues with it. The PPP is very quiet, and doesn't overheat.
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islandmandan
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The caps on the P 300 will go bad after a number of years, which happened to me. Call PS Audio, and arrange to send it to them, and they will completly restore it for $250.

Regards,
Dan
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