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In Reply to: Re: monster powerstrip problem posted by STUART on April 6, 2007 at 07:12:35:
The three light tester results were quite alarming, but it was just a case of three light tester being unable to cover all contingencies.I still recommend using the tester for initial buzzout, but show a case where it is unable to provide a correct indication of the problem.
Quality control is always an issue when you make lots of widgits, specially when they are farmed out to another country. This one was made in China.
Typically, you try to engineer out problems of this nature, because relying on training to overcome small detail problems sometimes doesn't work well. In this case, when the PC was placed in the package, the screws pulled it in, compressing the wire with the toroid. Had the assembler hand placed the pc against the standoffs it is fastened to, they would have felt the resistance of the interference. Moving the wire half an inch to one side would have alleviated the interference.
The unit is UL approved, appears to be of robust design, and meets the need, so I do not concur that it is "crap".
Pricing determines market share, they can do what they want there.
So really, I have no judgement against monster product on any front, but I personally wouldn't spend that much for one of these widgits..the user in this case, bought them because of a previous transient event which took out some electronics.
Cheers, John
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- Actually...I was just letting all know of the initial scare.. - jneutron 08:16:20 04/06/07 (0)
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