Furman Power Power Conditioner (Furman M-8 - Power Conditioner)?
I have an Acer projector and have burnt out two $300 bulbs in the past 7 months (1 at 100hrs and another at 700). Every time my A/C or fridge turns on I hear a loud pop in my theater speakers. Even though they are on different circut breakers, the speakers still pop. The tech at acer said that power surges would destroy the projector bulb. Would a Power Conditioner help with this problem? I'm thinking about getting this Ebay Item: 170178443384 or http://cgi.ebay.com/Furman-M-8-15AMP-Rack-Mount-Power-Conditioner-0SHIP_W0QQitemZ170178443384QQihZ007QQcategoryZ23792QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Does the lamp go very dim or out when this happens? It takes more energy when you turn on the lamp. That increase in power momentarily will degrade the life of the bulb. That does not mean leaving it on is better. It just means more current goes through the lamp at start up and during low voltage conditions. Its part of ohms law. if the voltage drops then the amps must go up. AMPS, which is the measure of the flow of electrons is what it is really all about. The increase in amperage can be reduce the light's life. As stated above DO NOT touch the bulbs with your fingers. Your finger prints leave oil on the lamps and cause a hot spot.
The power conditioner will not help unless it has a voltage regulator / stabilizer in it. The one you are looking at does not have voltage stabilization. Furman does make them with it, as well as Monster, Panamax, and Tripplite. Richard Grays does too but you'll pay through the nose for one of theirs. The Tripplite LC1200 has voltage regulator for about 180bucks from partsexpress.com. I take that back,120 bucks
This is my system
Furman Power supply
32 Channel Behringer Mixer
Alesis Reverb
(2) DBX EQ'S (one for mains and one for band monitors)
1 DBX compressor
1 Rane Crossover
(1)Behringer 2400 amp (Monitors)
(2) Crown XTI 4000 amps (Mids/Highs)
(1) QSC EX4000 (Subs)
(4) JBL Jrx 125 mains
(2) JBL Mrx 518 dual subs
(4) Yamaha Monitors
As you can see its a intermediate setup, the problem I've been having is cabling it together the rack system, I bought about 20 Patch cables (Low-z) they are different colors so that I can tell each connection apart, but when I try everything together im getting no signal or sometimes very low volume. Would I need Hi-z's for my application? Also can someone please tell me the best way to set up my rack gear (order, tips, etc.)
No, it's not your patch cables. If you have high impedance signals running across a low impedance cable, they remain high impedance, and you're not going to worry about impedance mismatches at audio frequencies all that much anyway, unless you have a mile or more of cable in there.
I'd rig up something really simple.. try feeding a line level signal (from a tape deck, iPod, etc) directly to your preamp, and ensure you have a no problems there (you should keep a box full of at least one of any possible cable handy at all times... I know right where that dual 1/4" to stereo 1/8" cable is, I could find two or three in five minutes... and this is before I clean up my home office/studio).
Then, work it back your board, ensuing you don't have your input levels set for mics on line-level inputs, ensuring you don't have anything muted or soloing (it's surprising how many buttons get pressed when a piece of gear is moved and then set up), check the output level settings, check for activity at your VUs, etc.
For shows I currently lug around my 4 space rack holding my furman power unit and my Fireface…i don’t mind doing that, i just hate having to disconnect what is the center of my studio everytime i have a gig. I have so much stuff plugged into the fireface it’d be great not to have to do that before and after every show.
For shows I currently lug around my 4 space rack holding my furman power unit and my Fireface…i don’t mind doing that, i just hate having to disconnect what is the center of my studio everytime i have a gig. I have so much stuff plugged into the fireface it’d be great not to have to do that before and after every show.