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Protecting a Roland V-series mixer

I am looking for advice on how to best protect a new (used) Roland V-Series mixer. There has been a significant investment placed into the board, the monitors, and the other various components and having lost electronic devices in the past to spikes and sags I am looking for some good advice on how to safeguard this investment.

Obviously a suppressor is necessary - TrippLite, APC, Belkin... something far beyond one of those worthless strips with a fuse. But how great is the risk of damage to components such as these to sags and brownouts? Is something like an APC SmartUPS needed? Something with a battery to pump up the voltage during what are becoming fairly common sags and brownouts in this area?

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Privacy, please
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On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 11:04:24 -0400, "Privacy, please" Gave us:

It cannot possibly use that much power, so get a good UPS for PCs and use that. Make sure to get one that performs line conditioning.

Surge strips are a poor man's "outlet". They provide minimal protection for your investment. Particularly if you say that you have lost devices in the past due to line aberrations. If that is the case, then line conditioning is what you seek, and many modern UPSs incorporate it.

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DarkMatter

If your Roland mixer is of high value to you, invest in a very good UPS. The APC, and the Belkin units are very good. A surge protector is not very good for serious protection.

As for anything of value, it is best to put a UPS on it. This way, it is protected as much as possible for a reasonable cost.

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Obviously a suppressor is necessary - TrippLite, APC, Belkin... something far beyond one of those worthless strips with a fuse. But how great is the risk of damage to components such as these to sags and brownouts? Is something like an APC SmartUPS needed? Something with a battery to pump up the voltage during what are becoming fairly common sags and brownouts in this area?

Thanks

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Jerry G.

has anybody thought about the signal coming from tha UPS (mostly non sinus wave when internal electronics works when there is no electricity) when bridging electrical fall outs?

the PSU of the mixer maybe would not like it! Try before you buy! maybe the simple enough powerfull surge protector with RF filter build in would do better, but all equipment connected to a mixer should be supplyed also thru this surge protector IMHO ...

electrical dropOuts IMHO would not harm equipment but spikes when electricity comes back will ... capacitors inside equipment PSUs can hold in idle almost a second power dropout if well designed ...

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