ok...here is the latest. I just got my "new" power conditioner today from Mr. Patchbay. This was a 1000Va unit that was replacing the 140Va units the he sent by "mistake".(which I sent back).
First off, it was NOT the unit that he sent me pictures of that he said he had for sale...which was the Topaz I posted earlier. He sent me a used
Best Power Technologies unit rated at 1000Va. When I opened up the box, the front cover of the unit fell off, and it was extremely dirty...fingerprints and all. Well..cosmetics.. I can get past that, but the front cover doesn't want to stay on great, but I suppose I can live with that too. Now...when I plugged the unit in and turned it on, it had a hum that made my flouresent lights seem whimpy. Same kinda frequency...a buzz...but VERY loud. This unit can DEFINATELY not stay in my control room. It is that loud. Ok...so..I suppose I can move the unit into a closet, do some rewiring...no big deal. But now the kicker, I think the unit actually ADDS noise to my system. My system is pretty quiet to begin with, so I pretty much noticed the noise when I plugged everything up thru it. I also tried using headphones to shield against the noise of the unit, and I do believe I was hearing the same buzz thru my system. I CANNOT really live with that. I paid $200 for this unit, plus the shipping of the other units back to him. This unit has a date on it that appears to be 11/92...so..11 years old or so.
So...did I get ripped? My feelings are to send this back too, cut my losses in shipping (it is heavy..26lbs), and call it quits.
Should this thing normally put out a buzz like I am getting...way louder than a computer fan...like a really bad ballast in a flouresant light, like I was saying.
oh...also..this unit was putting out 124 Volts... Is that right?
Also...anyone heard of "Best Power Technologies"? Doing a search, all I could find was them making UPS units at this point in time, but still in business. How would they rate as compared to the Topaz or PowerVar's? Seems those companies (from doing major research on this end as of recent), are much bigger players in power conditioning.
Help...I need answers...or it goes back this weekend.
