what are these components?
Hi This is a picture of the progressive industries surge suppressor. Does anyone know what these items are?
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Hi Almot,
I thought the PI unit had better surge protection than the Hughes. I posted the picture because I could not believe the PI unit would only use MOV type surge protection. I guess I was wrong (again).
I don't need anything more than very basic surge protection. However I did spend 4 hours plus parts to assemble the Sola. The good part is that I can check it is actually working because of how I added outlets.
Most folks do not wish to "roll their own" but the Sola may be a more effective autoformer than the Hughes, having three "levels" of boost, and one level of buck. However I've only measured below 100 volts once, so that probably isn't a good reason for the Sola.
If you plan on Mexico where both boost and buck would be needed then the Sola is a heck of a lot better buy at $178 US verus $387 US for the Hughes. The Hughes is more fully featured and has some surge in place.
I thought the PI unit had better surge protection than the Hughes. I posted the picture because I could not believe the PI unit would only use MOV type surge protection. I guess I was wrong (again).
I don't need anything more than very basic surge protection. However I did spend 4 hours plus parts to assemble the Sola. The good part is that I can check it is actually working because of how I added outlets.
Most folks do not wish to "roll their own" but the Sola may be a more effective autoformer than the Hughes, having three "levels" of boost, and one level of buck. However I've only measured below 100 volts once, so that probably isn't a good reason for the Sola.
If you plan on Mexico where both boost and buck would be needed then the Sola is a heck of a lot better buy at $178 US verus $387 US for the Hughes. The Hughes is more fully featured and has some surge in place.
Almot wrote:
Hey Don, is this why said that Hughes with surge ($400?) would've been better than $200 SOLA + $400 PD surge? ;)
