Re: Battery backup surge protection for Pio plasma ?'s
- From: Kalman Rubinson <kr4@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 14:06:35 -0400
On Tue, 30 May 2006 07:57:36 -0500, jst <jstln@xxxxxxx> wrote:
After yesterdays storms rolled through and the lightning flickered the
power and shut off the tv a couple of times I quickly unplugged the tv.
(Pioneer 4350 ) I also live in an older established neighborhood with
lots of trees and squirrels and the squirrels chew on the power lines
and fry themselves and that trips the transformer breaker and shuts the
power off. I have battery backups on all of my computers in the house
and they work flawlessly and I never even know that the power went off.
Sooooooo I stopped in at the local Best Buy and talked to the TV guys
and the young man tried to tell me that a battery back up might work on
a plasma but it might overload the tv and I would need to plug it in to
a MONSTER surge protector priced @ $149 , $199 & $299 to protect the
whole system. It sounded like a bunch of crap to me and I told him that
the battery back up had a surge protector built in but he said it would
not matter and tried to baffle me with tech jargon. When I asked him if
this was the same difference as the $59 HDMI cable they wanted to sell
me and the $20 one I bought after advice from this group he relented
some and said he really wasnt sure.
Would the battery back up be a good idea and could it overload the tv ??
First, it cannot overload the TV, possibly only an inadequate UPS.
Second, almost all UPSs made for A/V systems incorporate their own
surge protection (Monster being the only exception, I believe).
Third, there are several brands to look into including APC and Belkin
but the pricing for both is MUCH better via Internet sales than from
BB.
Fourth, look at the rear label or user's manual of the plasma to see
how much current you need and then think about how long you need the
battery to last. Get a UPS rated accordingly. I use a 15A APC S-15
for my Fujitsu P50 and some associated equipment but that may be
beyond your needs and/or budget.
Kal
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