Order for power protection

[bobdole369]

Should it go:

120V outlet
|
Line conditioner
|
UPS
|
Surge protector
|
expensive computer equipment in the lightning belt


or


120V outlet
|
UPS
|
Line conditioner
|
Surge protector
|
expensive computer equipment in the lightning belt

 

[KeithTalent]

It should go here.

KT

 

[bobdole369]

um why in AV?

 

[ShockwaveVT]

Originally posted by: bobdole369
Should it go:

120V outlet
|
Line conditioner
|
UPS
|
Surge protector
|
expensive computer equipment in the lightning belt


or


120V outlet
|
UPS
|
Line conditioner
|
Surge protector
|
expensive computer equipment in the lightning belt

I'm no expert, but I'd run it like this:

120V outlet
|
Surge protector
|
Line conditioner
|
UPS
|
expensive computer equipment in the lightning belt


UPS can get fried like any other piece of electronics, unless it has its own built-in surge protector.. in which case why do you need another surge protector? Ditto line conditioner.

 

[bobdole369]

Hmmmm, yup, the primary goal is to do as much as possible to protect against frequent lightning strikes and you are right, better a surge protector go than the UPS or the line condx.

 

[kalrith]

Originally posted by: ShockwaveVT

Originally posted by: bobdole369
Should it go:

120V outlet
|
Line conditioner
|
UPS
|
Surge protector
|
expensive computer equipment in the lightning belt


or


120V outlet
|
UPS
|
Line conditioner
|
Surge protector
|
expensive computer equipment in the lightning belt

I'm no expert, but I'd run it like this:

120V outlet
|
Surge protector
|
Line conditioner
|
UPS
|
expensive computer equipment in the lightning belt


UPS can get fried like any other piece of electronics, unless it has its own built-in surge protector.. in which case why do you need another surge protector? Ditto line conditioner.

This. It's actually really bad to plug a surge protector into a UPS. I can't quite remember why, but I really don't feel like looking it up right now.

 

[SuperSix]

120V outlet
|
Surge protector
|
Line conditioner
|
UPS
|
expensive computer equipment in the lightning belt


I concur. Put the surge closest to the outlet.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: bobdole369
um why in AV?

are you trollin' or looking for the better answer.

Most of the time if you are using a proper UPS it does conditioning and surge suppression.

A uber line conditioner can be placed after it though.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: kalrith
This. It's actually really bad to plug a surge protector into a UPS. I can't quite remember why, but I really don't feel like looking it up right now.

When the UPS kicks in and starts spitting out modified-sine-wave AC, the surge suppressor will see this as what it is: A very noisy sine wave. There is then risk of damage to its filtering circuitry as it attempts to adjust the square wave to something that still won't even vaguely resemble a good sine wave.