[Samurai7595]

What are you using to protect your audio system from lighting and power surges?

[milford3]

I use a power conditioner from APC.  But to play it safe I shut down (unplug everything) during an electrical storm.

[mresseguie]

I use a P.I. Audio UberBUSS for my power conditioning. My area gets few electrical storms, but I unplug mine if such a storm threatens.

[jtwrace]

Whole House Surge Protection.  I also have POU Zero Surge Units on expensive products. 

[servingko]

Torus RM15 for me.

[Spyman]

I use a Bryston BIT 15 for both line conditioning and surge protection.

[Rod_S]

I use a Furman IT-Reference and Furman SPR-20i. The 20i plugs into the wall and the Reference into the 20i. I'm thinking about adding a UPS to my system as well now that I just added a NAS. I would plug the NAS, PVR and perhaps the game consoles into it if I get one. I would most likely get the F1500-UPS. Down the road I think I'll get a Bryston BIT 20 for my 28B-SST2's and my 6B-SST. Once I replace the 6B with three 7B-SST2's I'll then plug one into the BIT-20 and purchase a BIT-15 or perhaps 2 for the remaining 7's as those will reside at the back of the room beside my surround speakers.

[Wayner]

Pardon me, but there is nothing you can buy to stop a lightning surge. The voltage is in the million watts and the amperage is for me, unknown, but probably in the multi-mega amps. So to answer your question, there is simply nothing that you can do to suppress a lightning strike.

Wayner

[brucek]

Pardon me, but there is nothing you can buy to stop a lightning surge. The voltage is in the million watts and the amperage is for me, unknown, but probably in the multi-mega amps. So to answer your question, there is simply nothing that you can do to suppress a lightning strike.

Wayner

haha, the voice of reason. For sure, it is basically impossible to protect sensitive electronic equipment from a direct or near lightning strike. There is no surge protector on the market that can dissipate that much energy. A lighting strike is characterized by mega-joules of energy, at least 500 times more energy than the very best surge suppressor can dissipate.

But, to take care of distant lightening strikes, whole house surge protection at the service panel is a good idea - either a standalone or breaker type system can be used.

brucek

[DaveC113]

haha, the voice of reason. For sure, it is basically impossible to protect sensitive electronic equipment from a direct or near lightning strike. There is no surge protector on the market that can dissipate that much energy. A lighting strike is characterized by mega-joules of energy, at least 500 times more energy than the very best surge suppressor can dissipate.

But, to take care of distant lightening strikes, whole house surge protection at the service panel is a good idea - either a standalone or breaker type system can be used.

brucek

Yup, nothing will help with a direct strike but even strikes within a mile of your house can cause LARGE surges! A whole-house surge protector is a good idea but is MOV based and noisy. I'd also have your system on it's own surge protection and filtration, as surges also come from the devices inside your home, like washers and dryers.