Power Conditioners

[Usurper666]

I’m looking for a good floor mounted power conditioner for my gear. I’ve looked at the Furman Power Factor Pro and the Monster Pro 1000 clean power. The Furman is about $200 and didn’t get a very good review on HC. The Monster is cheaper but I’m not really into buying Monster products. Anyone have any experience with these or other floor mounted power strips that have surge protection and good noise reduction?

Cheers,

CJ

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Power Conditioners

I have a floor model by Planet Waves that works great. I use it with my amps.
I also have a Furman PL8 + and a Rackrider. Also, the rackmounted one by ART, which looks cool since it has VU meters that light up on the front, as well as pull-out lights....$100. To be honest, I think most of them are simply a glorified power strip, with a little bit of RF filtering. They're all basically the same, with the top of the line Furmans being the best.

 

[Quencho092]

Re: Power Conditioners

what do power conditioners really do? filter out impurities in the power sockets?

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Power Conditioners

I'm using these: http://www.richardgrayspowercompany.com/

 

[Fresh_Start]

Re: Power Conditioners

what do power conditioners really do? filter out impurities in the power sockets?

IIRC a power conditioner should maintain a constant voltage, in addition to suppressing sorges or spikes. That means it should have some small ability to store a charge to make up for brown-outs and the like. I have an APC power conditioner for my computer that has enough battery power to run the system for at least an hour if the power goes completely out.

Chip