I am an amateur audio guy among other things. I ran FOH for a small band for years and helped with setup and tear-down (everyone is always tired/stressed/key'ed up and exhausted) at these times. I also did all of the live recording and mixing, demos, cd's, etc.
The guitar player and I almost died one nite setting up a gig in an old improperly wired building. This is NO JOKE! All of our gig bags contain one of these cheap little things now. Do NOT TRUST your life with someone else's electricity... Following this I returned home to our basement studio and started testing outlets. Just about EVERY outlet in my house was installed by licensed electricians who swapped the Hot/Neutrals, left grounds off, never even knew about GFCI, ect. I am still finding and replacing outlets with HD 20 amp commercial grade receptacles.
Now, any thought on line conditioners, battery backups (DIY or Pro), proper grounding of all interconnected components, is there a quick pic diagram?
Keep it going and pass the word. More to come.
Thanks,
-Jeff
A whole house surge protector Should be available that you can install at the incoming power. As for BBU, mostly are of of the inverter type and are very inefficient due to converting power from DC to AC and have the computer PSU convert it back.
A better idea would be to relocate the PSU/BBU outside and cable it into the computer, A bit like an A1200 with a battery dongle, much more efficient.
Chris
