Protecting your appliance from power surges

[baker123]

guys AVR's are very good investment. just remember to use avr that has the right specs for your appliances. i read this before. a 500 watt avr. which we normally see on tv's and pc's are good for electric fans only. tv's supposed to have a minimum of 2000w specially bigger ones. the more inches it has. the more wattage it needs.

oh yea. reason for appliances getting fried with surges that is already equipped with avr is, low wattage avr's. low wattage avr's are bypassed/ taken over by the sudden surge of power which i think is way beyond 1000w. making the (example) 500w avr unable to contain the sudden jerk in electical pwer. so fried appliances. another reason is old avr's losses their potential after years of use.

[mazdamazda]

invested in a TVSS (transient voltage surge supressor) which protects the whole house na. concern ko rin kasi yung computer, yung TV (eh plasma pa...) tsaka yung mga aircons namin.

Sir... saan nakakabili nito? How much?

[jazcker]

if you are not sure kung naka-ground nga yun 3rd prong sa outlet nyo gawa na lang kayo sarili nyo grounding...baon lang kayo tubo ng tubig at least 6ft below the ground tapos lahat ng kailangan i-ground dun nyo na i-connect...

[spongee]

before i was using a ref guard which delays power to the fridge.
pero two years ago, my ref still got fried.

invested in a TVSS (transient voltage surge supressor) which protects the whole house na. concern ko rin kasi yung computer, yung TV (eh plasma pa...) tsaka yung mga aircons namin.

sir, san po nakakabili and how much..pano po kinakabit? depende po ba ito sa dami at lakas ng ginagamit na kuryente?

[1D4LV]

Sir... saan nakakabili nito? How much?

may kamahalan lang bro. 12k, including installation. for the whole house.
dun ko binili sa supplier namin dito sa office.

[1D4LV]

sir, san po nakakabili and how much..pano po kinakabit? depende po ba ito sa dami at lakas ng ginagamit na kuryente?

yung installation nya is between the main breaker and the meralco power going into the house.

yung unit, depends on the load that you want to protect. so depende rin yung price. yung sa akin, up to 400 volts ang kayang i-supress, tapos pag pumitik ang electricity, hindi nararamdaman sa bahay. < 1 nano seconds ang response nya.

[mazdamazda]

12K? sulit na... do you still use AVRs?

and contact details... thanks!

[spongee]

yung installation nya is between the main breaker and the meralco power going into the house.

yung unit, depends on the load that you want to protect. so depende rin yung price. yung sa akin, up to 400 volts ang kayang i-supress, tapos pag pumitik ang electricity, hindi nararamdaman sa bahay. < 1 nano seconds ang response nya.

ty sir..may kamahalan nga 12k...tignan ko rin sa mga electrical shops kung meron din ang GE etc..baka mas mura.

[1D4LV]

12K? sulit na... do you still use AVRs?

and contact details... thanks!

di na ko gumagamit ng avr bro, or any power delay devices. lahat andun na.
PM ko na lang sa iyo yung contact.

[1D4LV]

ty sir..may kamahalan nga 12k...tignan ko rin sa mga electrical shops kung meron din ang GE etc..baka mas mura.

ang alam ko pre walang TVSS ang GE. APT (American Power) meron. normally, ang mga supplier nyan is yung mga supplier ng data centers. hth.

[spongee]

ang alam ko pre walang TVSS ang GE. APT (American Power) meron. normally, ang mga supplier nyan is yung mga supplier ng data centers. hth.

ganun ba? baka pwede na lang po ba contact details ng supplier nyo? thanks

[brubeck]

di na ko gumagamit ng avr bro, or any power delay devices. lahat andun na.
PM ko na lang sa iyo yung contact.

hello happy gilmore. kindly pm the contact detail. very interested with this type of protection.

thanks!

[zero]

may stavol kami sa bahay pang-ref at pc.
yung sa tv namin, yung extension cord na may mga switch sa bawat outlet.
nung binili ko yun, sabi ng sales clerk may built-in breaker daw yun.
totoo kaya yun?

dito sa bagong ilog, pasig, 230V ang voltage ng kuryente.
dahil daw ito sa mga pabrika ni gokongwei sa paligid, sabi ng meralco.

[boybi]

HG, pa-PM din ng contact details nyang TVSS supplier mo. Thanks.

[ogpro]

I do notice that a couple of laptops that we left with my mom-in-law gave up the ghost rather quickly (1 yr and a few months) compared to laptops we have been using here in the states for a few years na. I'm going to have to look into some of the advice here.

[Macky]

APC Back-UPS anyone?

Yup, eto lang gamit ko.

[oldblue]

sabi ko sayo sir, bumili ka sa raon eh. yun delicate equipments namin sa office ang requirement ng supplier eh bumili ng AVR. yun isa binili namin sa Ace, umabot kami ng 5k for 1000W. mahal!

tinanong namin sa supplier kung ok ba yun nasa Raon. sabi nila karamihan daw ng customers nila duon bumibili para mura. we got it 2.5k sa 2nd equipment namin. 1000W din

1 year na operational both equipments with 1 avr from Ace and 1 avr from Raon

[shadow]

HG, ako rin pa PM...thanks

[shadow]

and pwede ba sila mag survey muna dito sa bahay tingnan lahat yun mga appliances para malamn ko kung ilang volts dapat...we have 5 a/c's maglalagay pa ako ng additional isang a/c sa family room..plus yun other appliances pa...kaya sana tingnan muna nila...

[niwde11]

M2. boybi, PM me lang ano mga gamit nyong gustong protectahan. YUng business partner ko exclusive distributor sa pinas.hth