Surge protection

[Ricky64]

What an impressive system...would love to hear it. The StromTank sounds like a perfect solution. Looks like entry to play is around $15K. Just dropped major coin on a pre, so a StromTank is going to be quite a bit down the road...

 

[CPP]

My problem here in Florida was that the local utility would have issues causing frequent drop outs of service that would scramble my DAC/Server requiring an annoying reset sequence to restore operation. Rather than experimenting with surge / transient protection, I took the entire front end off line with a StromTank battery array. Now the utility can do their worst and my gear happily plays on. This is an expensive solution but not when you consider the potential damage that you avoid.

Cincy

Whole nother subject, is that a Gibson L-5CES

 

[Hounddog]

Another imperfect risk mitigation technique is to unplug things (including Ethernet and FM coax if applicable) when a storm is coming. Of course, one can’t be home all of the time or even know when lightning is around. Then one has to power the system back up and let it settle (which can take a while), etc., et al. I have multiple layers of protection as described above, but still unplug when I know there’s significant lightning in the area and rest easier for it.