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What are the best methods of surge protection in car audio?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wingman0121" data-source="post: 6993677" data-attributes="member: 620554"><p>Line conditioners and surge protectors exist in home audio because they all initially receive 110~120v AC, which is quite dangerous and can kill people and start fires. Usually the AC to a house is quite stable but things like thunderstorms, lightnings, large industrial motors and high-electricity demand within the house can wreak havoc to the electricity going into your electronics. Surge protectors are made to filter out AC line noise from nearby electronics, in an event of overvoltage it'll absorb that extra incoming voltage so it doesn't fry your electronics(that's why you should replace them after a known overvoltage condition). Some surge protectors also have a "brown-out" preventer which cuts power to its outlets in an event when the AC voltage drops below 100v or so. AC Line conditioners are made to not only protect your electronics from "bad" incoming voltage, it also make sure the voltage going to your home electronics stays around 117v AC.</p><p></p><p>In car audio there isn't really much to spike voltage unless the alternator is faulty or your car got struck by lightning, but 99% of the time it is low voltage that kills car electronics. I would say one or more extra batteries can act as DC voltage line conditioners as long as you can keep it charged.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wingman0121, post: 6993677, member: 620554"] Line conditioners and surge protectors exist in home audio because they all initially receive 110~120v AC, which is quite dangerous and can kill people and start fires. Usually the AC to a house is quite stable but things like thunderstorms, lightnings, large industrial motors and high-electricity demand within the house can wreak havoc to the electricity going into your electronics. Surge protectors are made to filter out AC line noise from nearby electronics, in an event of overvoltage it'll absorb that extra incoming voltage so it doesn't fry your electronics(that's why you should replace them after a known overvoltage condition). Some surge protectors also have a "brown-out" preventer which cuts power to its outlets in an event when the AC voltage drops below 100v or so. AC Line conditioners are made to not only protect your electronics from "bad" incoming voltage, it also make sure the voltage going to your home electronics stays around 117v AC. In car audio there isn't really much to spike voltage unless the alternator is faulty or your car got struck by lightning, but 99% of the time it is low voltage that kills car electronics. I would say one or more extra batteries can act as DC voltage line conditioners as long as you can keep it charged. [/QUOTE]
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