Power Conditioner

[jon s]

Originally Posted by savage1984

The reason I need one is because my receiver recently had a board die on it. I am nearly positive that it was because of a power outtage. Fuses tend to blow too often at my house. One too many things plugged in and then my mom will turn on her blowdryer. BOOM. Everything goes out.

I need a power conditioner that will keep everything on for a few minutes until I flip the fuse back.

There is no way I'm spending $1200. Maybe when I'm older and have a dope ass $10000 entertainment system... but until then, no way.

Well, there's no way a power conditioner is gonna help you. All it does is clean the power line up from noise. And at the price you asking, you are NOT gonna get any good one anyway.

Like the above poster said, you want an uninterruptable power supply (UPS) which kicks in when the power goes out. It runs off a battery for a few minutes until you can power everything off. Your problem is going to be that a home theater system will suck the life out of the battery like a parched vampire. UPS's are designed to supply some power for computers and other small amperage stuff, but UPS's with bigger batteries costs a fortune.

Calculate the wattage required by all the gear and go from there. If you get a unit that cannot supply the amount of wattage your gear sucks up, it's not gonna do you any good, it will probably just reset itself as well. Look for brands like APC. And no, Belkin and Monster do NOT make this kind of stuff.