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Whole house surge protection

I'm thinking of having an electrician install one of these devices at the service entrance of my house. I get frequent thunder storms. Does anyone know what these are made of? Do they use inductors? Reason I'm asking is I do not want any device that can limit dynamics of my audio system. I've looked into ZeroSurge, SurgeX, etc that use SMP, which seem to be ideal compared to devices using MOVs. But all of these use inductors..and some who have used this type of technology have complained of dynamic restriction and collapsing of soundstage. Thanks.
dracule1
dracule1 OP
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Lifeengieer, I agree with you. But I am looking for a surge protector, first and foremost. Having some sort of filtering is nice to have.
radni
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I have a dedicated power line for my 2 ch audio set up , and just before the main power switch , I have installed Brickwall Surge protection. Model: PW2RAUD .
http://www.brickwall.com/collections/surge-protectors-home-theater-hdtv/products/two-outlet-audio-surge-protector
I have given a separate copper wire running from this Brickwall unit to the backyard , where it is connected to a copper plate ( 12"x12"x1/2") burried at 6 ft. deep below ground ( plus common salt plus coke , water ,to give a good earth or ground ) .
I assume , I have good surge protection for all my equipments.
In last 12 years did not have any problem , but that is no way of knowing!
Any comments , please .
radni
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Jea48
I do not quite follow , but I checked with my electrician .
He says : this dedicated line running from main power supply to my audio room has not been connected to any earthing "untill " it is past the main switch in my audio room and then it reaches Brickwall unit , from where the ground pin of Brickwall unit is directly connected to a bare heavy copper wire to the copper plate for ground . Brickwall ground pin is only connected to this dedicated earthing and nowhere else .
Also all power ports in audio room are from output of Brickwall , hence earthing to all audio equipments is also connected to the same dedicated ground copper plate(through Brickwall ) .
If you can share your email , I would like to give to you a Schematic of my connections .
Thanks
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zephyr24069
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Moved to a new home 3 weeks ago and have just installed an upgraded dedicated circuit. Main panel is Cutler-Hammer CH series with copper bus bar, subpanel is GE Master Load Center with copper bus-bar. The subpanel is tied to the main with massive 6/4 conduit and I'm using 10/2 Romex (for now,...other options too pricey at 16-25 dollars per foot, with 5 outlets I needed about 150 feet of cable) BUT I have installed an Environmental Potentials EP-2050 on the main house panel to protect everything and an EP-2750 Ground Filter on the dedicated circuit. I have heard nothing but good things about the EP units and that combined with the copper busbar panels should be a nice upgrade in the entire system's sound....very excited to hear the result once i finish unpacking! I'll still be using my Purepower 2000 on the system as a whole but may go straight into the wall for my Edge amp and amps in the Legacy Aeris towers. Ultimately I think I'll move to a Running Springs Audio Dmitri but time will tell if this move can happen....
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