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£2000 mains conditioning unit fails to protect electrical equipment.

Sparkingchip

It’s a local newspaper website so you may struggle to get the page to open properly.

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/disabled-mans-gadgets-worth-thousands-6121840

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    I’m struggling to understand the description of the device, it appears to be the most expensive multiway socket adapter I have ever seen advertised.

    https://www.kjwestone.co.uk/product/shunyata-venom-uk6/

     

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    Dynamic transient current delivery, or available short circuit current, are what we call PSSC by another name.

    Well designed electronics does not care as we have large capacitors in the power supply…

    Like to buy some snake oil as well as a £8999 pound mains lead ?

    Mike.

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    Dad?

    Yes son.

    What dos this mean please?

    “WPD’s repairs, Mr Norwell said, involved switching the power on and off. This created an oscillation of low to high resonance across the day, causing appliances to heat up and become damaged.”

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    after a botched transformer repair fried thousands of pounds worth of his TV equipment.

    Sounds to me like the problem was a broken supply N - so hardly surprising that “surge protection” equipment didn't protect it.

       - Andy.

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    The consumer has only two words to use and to deal and rectify the situation and ones that will be quoted by both insurance companies and DNO involved.  “PROVE IT”?

    GTB

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    £2000 looks to be the lower end of the market …. https://www.futureshop.co.uk/mains-power/mains-conditioners/all-power-conditioners

       - Andy.

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    AJJewsbury: 
     

    £2000 looks to be the lower end of the market …. https://www.futureshop.co.uk/mains-power/mains-conditioners/all-power-conditioners

       - Andy.

    “….employs a non-reactive ferroelectric substance to absorb high-frequency noise, and features custom-built Hubbell bronze-copper alloy outlets and a combination of 8 and 10 gauge copper wiring to ensure optimal current transfer. ”

    Wow. That sounds impressive.

    Z.

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    AJJewsbury: 
    £2000 looks to be the lower end of the market …. https://www.futureshop.co.uk/mains-power/mains-conditioners/all-power-conditioners

    Presumably, people who can afford these things are not completely uneducated?

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    Does the unit actually increase the risk of damage by increasing the PSCC at the appliance?

    Normally decreasing cable sizes reduces the risk of damage to equipment, but connecting your equipment with 6 mm leads removes a level of protection?

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