Protecting a Roland V-series mixer

[Privacy, please]

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?

Thanks

 

[DarkMatter]

On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 11:04:24 -0400, "Privacy, please"
<no.spam@wanted.here> Gave us:

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?

Thanks

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.

 

[Jerry G.]

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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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?

Thanks