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Check this out: Part of a PM from Alan a few weeks back:

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I also spoke to my colleague, Amie, at Axiom. They had a huge storm and power surges/outages a few weeks ago. She also has an APC/UPS unit (about $300, she said) for all her computer stuff and none of that was damaged, nor were any AV components that were plugged into(inexpensive) power bars. However, the gear that was not plugged into power bars, including two EP600 subwoofers, had the amplifiers totally fried. So was a prototype Axiom power amplifier.

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Ouch. Time to put my sub on a power strip...

Just to clarify that PM, we lost the equipment in HUGE power fluctuations when our generator lost its regulator. The power goes out here roughly every third month - surge, surge, brownout, surge, surge, surge - and that hasn't ever damaged any of our electronics. I'm just not positive that is a good example. Other rural-livers might be able to better advise you.

{shudder} The smell of burning 600s is not pleasant! When all the lights turned crazy bright and the EP600s emitted an odor, I made a run for my little home theater. I had to get over a nightstand and behind my bed in a heartbeat to grab the power cord for my 500 - I practically skinned my tummy on the phone on the night stand! It was hard to know where to run - I also unplugged my UPS but didn't unplug a phone with a bluetooth headset and it was fried - not much survives that sort of surging, I guess. {/shudder}

So there you have it... when the regulator on the gennie goes and you're running an EP500 on 220, things start to smoke.

Bren R.