Those are MOVs (metal-oxide varistors), not caps.
Again, these MOVs are the culprit, and the ghetto PL-9 probably has them. If you have 1 in the
strip, that is cheesy and toss it in the trash. You need THREE of them, ask The King of All AC,
Stooge Larry for details. I have modules to ship, kit and design.
I personally use ONLY Isobar Platinum strips.
Paul S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "sucrosemusic" <sucrosemusic@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 12:33 AM
Subject: [motm] Surge Issues
> Well now, this is getting personal. I just yanked TWO surge
> protectors... one being an outlet variety one, and the "You're
> protected" light was off. Hmm. The next one is a power strip that
> seems to be vaguely surge protectorish, as it has a "Clamping
> Voltage" listed on the back. Inside it's a switch, a breaker, a
> somewhat larege blue (ceramic i guess, not a tin-can electrolyitic
> one) capaictor, and a circuit breaker. Now... the real question is
> this... Is my ∗extremely∗ ghetto Gemini PL-9 "Pwer Supply and Light
> Module" on top of my rack a surge protector. This is about as ghetto
> as they come... all I recall for parts inside were the inline fuse,
> the lighted switch, and a single capacitor... plus the goo for the
> nifty pull-out lights. I can send a shot of the guts of one of the
> strips I pulled... but I suspect this gemini unit is not a surge
> protector... dunno.
>
> Paul, if this came from someone else I would have worried in the
> morning, but MAN!
>
> -Geoff (checking to see if the noise floor in his setup has
> lowered...)
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