How to connect TV, Surge protector, UPS?

[murali]

Last year, I bought a Isotek Mira that not only acts as a surge protector for my Pioneer Kuro TV but honestly, it results in a better picture quality. Just sharing my experience.

cheers.
murali

 

[vakharia]

I am not sure why you are talking about UPS here.

The product Sollatek SVS 04 is a servo stabilizer. If there is not electricity, it will simply not work.

It will handle voltage fluctuations, spikes/ surges and high voltage as per my understanding.

That is my only requirement at the moment.

Hi vakhoria

Please understand the basic of the surge and spikes protections

All ups only can protect voltage ups and downs they are not meant for handling spikes and surges .

I will suggest put surge and spikes protector only and inverter is enough for handling voltage and all , i don't wanna confused you but we should know the truth instead of going product sales gimmicks .

Thanks

 

[Jebs]

Hi Friends,

Please help me to protect my electronic equipments. My LG LM6410 3D TV blown with one of the voltage capacitors ( i suspects) yesterday. SO, this is how i connected,

My Equipment list,

LG 42 LM6410 3LED TV
Pioneer VSX-522K
LG 3D BD Player
Videocon D2h
JBL SCS 200.5 BK 5.1 Woofer connected

Connectors:

V-Guard Crystal Plus connected to Belkin 6 socket surge protector. I have connected all these equipments in this surge protector. Is this the right way? Do i need a separate stabilizer for my AVR? Kindly provide your comments/suggestions. LG service engineer coming today to check my TV. As I lives in Thoraipakkam, we are experiencing sever fluctuations since last week. Please help me to proceed further.

 

[Jebs]

I'm waiting for your valuable opinions/suggestions to proceed further.. Kindly share your comments

 

[shanmune]

Hi Friends,

Please help me to protect my electronic equipments. My LG LM6410 3D TV blown with one of the voltage capacitors ( i suspects) yesterday. SO, this is how i connected,

My Equipment list,

LG 42 LM6410 3LED TV
Pioneer VSX-522K
LG 3D BD Player
Videocon D2h
JBL SCS 200.5 BK 5.1 Woofer connected

Connectors:

V-Guard Crystal Plus connected to Belkin 6 socket surge protector. I have connected all these equipments in this surge protector. Is this the right way? Do i need a separate stabilizer for my AVR? Kindly provide your comments/suggestions. LG service engineer coming today to check my TV. As I lives in Thoraipakkam, we are experiencing sever fluctuations since last week. Please help me to proceed further.

It is fully not clear how things are connected. Let me state the setups and you can identify which setup you use.

setup-1: Main power socket==>V-Guard Crystal plus==>Power surge protector==> To all equipments

setup-2: Main power socket==>Power surge protector==>V-Guard Crystal plus===> (TV + AVR alone) --> (connect Remaining equipments directly to surge protector)

I guess you have setup-1. Am I right ? If so, then I would suggest you to go for setup-2. With setup-1, it might add additional burden on your stabilizer. Your stabilizer is rated for 3 amps and it might not be sufficient to provide power to your AVR, TV, subwoofer and other items. Better you go for setup-2.
In setup-2,
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1. connect only your AVR and TV to stabilizer (of course your surge protector should be directly connected to main power socket).
2. connect your subwoofer and other items to surge protector.

NOTE: Wait for the LG engineer to inspect your TV and then move on to setup-2 once the problem is rectified

 

[Jebs]

Hi Shanmune,

Thanks a lot for your response. And you are right, I've the setup 1 only. I'll change it to the setup-2 way. But How can i connect TV and AVR in a single Crystal Plus stabilizer. I think it has only one 3 socket and two set of 2 pin socket. But my TV and AVR both are having 3 pin type. So, I can connect only one at a time I guess.

 

[shanmune]

Hi Shanmune,

Thanks a lot for your response. And you are right, I've the setup 1 only. I'll change it to the setup-2 way. But How can i connect TV and AVR in a single Crystal Plus stabilizer. I think it has only one 3 socket and two set of 2 pin socket. But my TV and AVR both are having 3 pin type. So, I can connect only one at a time I guess.

You can get a two socket extension box and connect it to the stabilizer socket. Connect your TV and AVR to those two sockets on the extension box.

 

[just4kix]

I am not sure that there will be any difference between setup 1 and setup 2 when considering surge protection alone. Load factor is different issue.

 

[shanmune]

I am not sure that there will be any difference between setup 1 and setup 2 when considering surge protection alone. Load factor is different issue.

Generally, surge protector needs to be connected directly to the main power socket. The reason is - the surge protector should have the least resistant path back to the EARTH with less obstacles. That is, it's ability to divert the excess energy (energy generated due to the spike/surge) back to the EARTH depends a lot on the path it takes to reach the EARTH point. For that, it is recommended not to have any other appliances/obstacles between the surge protector and the EARTH.
Let's take setup-1 and see what the possible problem that might arise:
Suppose there is a voltage spike/surge of very high energy coming from external electrical lines to the power sockets inside the house. It passes from the power socekt->stabilizer->surge_protector. The surge protector's task is to divert the excess electical energy back to the EARTH point (the EARTH path is considered to be the least electrical resistant) and there-by protect the connected equipments. Now, at the time of diverting the excess energy, the excess current has to return to the EARTH point through the stabilizer. Now, there could be two things happening. The stabilizer may not be able to take such a surge and it might not even offer the least resistant path to the EARTH. As a result, the stabilizer can prove to be an obstacle in the free flow of the surge back to the EARTH. Because of that, the excess energy might enter the connected equipments.

With setup-2, there is no any obstacle between the surge protector and the EARTH. Of course, the house should have proper EARTH wiring

 

[Jebs]

Hi Shanmune,

Thanks a lot for the well-detailed info. I'm very clear now. Also, I just checked my AVR as it has only two socket only, So, my modified my current setup according to the Setup 2 approach. Thanks again.