Arry74 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Today I have taken delivery of a plasma tv, I am also about to buy a PVR, DVD player and later on a stereo etc etc. What equipment do you guys use to protect your goodies ie UPS, Power Surge Boards, Filters etc I have an 8 outlet Surge protector from Belkin which cost me about $150 6 years ago Not sure if this will do the trick or not Any help would be greatly appreciated Ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50mxe20 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Previous discussions link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maton Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Thor has some great stuff check it out here http://www.thortechnologies.com.au/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelz Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Thor has some great stuffcheck it out here http://www.thortechnologies.com.au/ I can also recommend thor A2 OR A1 surgeshield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arry74 Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 Thanks guys I am in Perth also so looks good to me Do you just get it from the store in Balcatta I live in Balcatta btw ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelz Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I got mine from the uni book store ($140.00) of all places,not sure how much they are from thor in balcatta best to give them a ring.I have seen them in HN for around 220-250 so dont go there. I see thor have a newer model A12 smartboard so you may get the A1 or 2 cheap as there superseded See how you go with price from thor direct or you could order from the place below in the link.Its the A1 which is the computer model but its exactly the same as the A2 ht model except it has usb instead of antenna protection.I myself use the A1 in my system. http://www.simline.com.au/product.asp?prodid=4994 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50mxe20 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Thanks guysI am in Perth also so looks good to me Do you just get it from the store in Balcatta I live in Balcatta btw ! I used an installer from Albany Highway West Coast Hi Fi (cause I had ceiling speakers put in) and he sold me one at cost (or so he said, and I have no reason not to believe him). My vague recollection was that it was about $100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maton Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 a12 retails at $299 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff897 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Are they many people that are using UPS? or is surge protector just as good?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maton Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 ups might be handy in a projector situation where it may extend globe life by letting it cool down but a filter usually does the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff897 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Aww yeah didnt think about the projector and then just use a Surge protector for the rest of equipment? Wat type of surge protector should i be looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maton Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 depends how much equipment you got, i like the ones thor make, ive used a number of their a12s and they give great service. Anything further up from that and you would be looking at their power filter/conditioner/transformer which is the ps12. its a power station which regulates voltage at 240v exactly. Pretty price as they retail about the 1499 mark but if you have high end equipment there is a noticable difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossy@home Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Aww yeah didnt think about the projector and then just use a Surge protector for the rest of equipment?Wat type of surge protector should i be looking for? I suggest you get a licenced electrician to hardwire a protector into your distribution board. This will eliminate any possibility of the plug in type not working due to faulty wiring to a power outlet or poor connection at the power outlet and will also protect everything else in your home (microwave etc). The protector should not be just MOV (these destroy a bit of themselves each time they 'fire') but should also contain a gas discharge tube (GDT) which will handle the large amount of energy in a lightning discharge. PLEASE remember, the only true protection is to UNPLUG everyrhing during a lightning storm. Good Luck Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeblebrox Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Today I have taken delivery of a plasma tv, I am also about to buy a PVR, DVD player and later on a stereo etc etc.What equipment do you guys use to protect your goodies ie UPS, Power Surge Boards, Filters etc I have an 8 outlet Surge protector from Belkin which cost me about $150 6 years ago Not sure if this will do the trick or not Any help would be greatly appreciated Ta Protection form what? You don't really say.. Noisy power, a good online UPS with filtering, not a cheapo standby version.. Lightening... . unplugging it all ,as nothing else will save you from a close hit... Surge protection as suggested on your fuse box is useful too... Contents insurance that covers lightening protection is also something you should ensure you have too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djOS Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Protection form what? You don't really say..Noisy power, a good online UPS with filtering, not a cheapo standby version.. Lightening... . unplugging it all ,as nothing else will save you from a close hit... Surge protection as suggested on your fuse box is useful too... Contents insurance that covers lightening protection is also something you should ensure you have too. A good quality Line-Interactive UPS will do the trick for a lot less money and still provide 99% of the benefits of an online UPS. eg this really nice APC 1000va SmartUPS on eBay (not my auction). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeblebrox Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 A good quality Line-Interactive UPS will do the trick for a lot less money and still provide 99% of the benefits of an online UPS.eg this really nice APC 1000va SmartUPS on eBay (not my auction). If you've got really noisy power like in parts of WA then an online would be better.. bt yes overkill in most situations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austen Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I have a Belkin PureAV board, I've heard of a couple of people who have claimed from Belkin and they report that Belkin were pretty good about it. YMMV !!!! Austen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweet Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Today I have taken delivery of a plasma tv, I am also about to buy a PVR, DVD player and later on a stereo etc etc.What equipment do you guys use to protect your goodies ie UPS, Power Surge Boards, Filters etc I have an 8 outlet Surge protector from Belkin which cost me about $150 6 years ago Not sure if this will do the trick or not Any help would be greatly appreciated Ta Just leave it unplugged .....there's nothing worth watching on tellie anyway....... C.M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roderick Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Nothing wrong with the Dick Smith surge protectors at <$100. They have a 2000 Joule rating and $100,000 connected equipment warranty. Several to choose from. I can understand why a UPS might be needed for a home computer, but for home theatre equipment it is a waste of money IMO (projectors a possible exception). A surge protector is a much better investment. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austen Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Nothing wrong with the Dick Smith surge protectors at <$100. They have a 2000 Joule rating and $100,000 connected equipment warranty. Several to choose from. Sounds fair to me........... I can understand why a UPS might be needed for a home computer, but for home theatre equipment it is a waste of money IMO (projectors a possible exception).......... Unless you have a Toshiba HDD-J35 and you want it to be powered 24/7 !!! Austen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRuItCaKe. Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Yeah, I had this dilemma when we went away a few weeks ago, leave it all plugged in (and record the shows) or play safe and unplug. In the end I unplugged everything except the Digicrystal PVR and even removed its aerial and signal connections to the rest of the equipment. It becomes the sacrificial recorder in the event of a lightning strike. Better a $150 PVR than a $3k plasma ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roderick Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Unless you have a Toshiba HDD-J35 and you want it to be powered 24/7 !!!Austen. I can't remember the last time the power went out in my part of the ACT! It's a pretty rare event these days. Most of the cheaper UPS's (I notice Dick Smith have some now) would not provide enough capacity to bridge an hour-long power cut. They are really meant to allow you enough time to do a graceful shut-down of your PC, so no data is lost. IMHO they are inappropriate for home-theatre application. Lightning strikes, however, are not so rare. We have been zapped several times in the last 15 years. Once an illegal el-cheapo extension phone got fried, while the boring old telstra-provided one survived. On that occasion I actually saw the lighning hitting a pole about 200m away. Just recently, our home security system got scrambled during a monster hail storm. It would have cost me about $700 to replace from local sources, but I faxed the manufacturer in TelAviv, Israel, and got a much better one for <30% the Aus price -- and over half of that was the air-freight. The global economy at work! The moral here is that lightning protection is essential. UPS is for the rich and paranoid! Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arry74 Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Thinking of buying one of these tonight, what you think: http://www.thortechnologies.com.au/files/b...art%20Board.pdf Spoke to manufacturer at length about it this morning.....he believes his product to be far superior to belkin and from magazine articles I have read today it could well be true. They even have a high end product called a powerstation $1500 but is for people that have ultra high end equipment and want the best protection and noise filtering possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelz Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Arry that looks fine,whats the price from thor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arry74 Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Arry that looks fine,whats the price from thor? He said you can get them from the Good Guys and a few other places for approx $299. Apparently you can still pick up an A2 (if you look on there site it tells you what it is) for a bit less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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