Owner's Manual

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PL-8 C OWNER’S MANUAL
FURMAN’s PL-8 C FEATURES
SMP• (Series Mul-Stage Protecon) with EVS (Extreme Voltage Shutdown)
LiFT• (Linear Filtering Technology) with zero ground contaminaon
Two • Smooth Track retractable, long-life, low-heat, front panel LED lights with dimmer-power switch for rack illuminaon
BNC connector on the rear panel accepts any standard (12VAC 0.5 amp) gooseneck lamp to illuminate the rear of your rack •
(Furman GN-I and GN-LED accessory gooseneck lamps are best for this applicaon)
Eight rear panel AC outlets, three with wide spacing to accommodate large AC transformer plugs (wall warts)•
One front panel convenience outlet•
15A (1800 wa) capacity with 15A circuit breaker•
Five year limited warranty•
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing a Furman Classic Series power condioner, and congratulaons on your choice. Classic Series power
condioners feature Furman’s revoluonary Series Mul-Stage Protecon (SMP) circuit, Extreme Voltage Shutdown (EVS), and our
exclusive Linear Filtering Technology (LiFT). Together, these technologies comprise precisely what our customers have come to expect
from Furman - uncompromised AC protecon and purificaon. Our Classic Series has been precisely engineered to exceed the crical
demands of audio/video professionals, contractors, broadcasters, and musicians alike.
SMP (SERIES MULTI-STAGE PROTECTION)
Furman’s SMP surge suppression virtually eliminates service calls and costly “down me”. Tradional surge suppression circuits sacri-
fice themselves when exposed to mulple transient voltage spikes, requiring the dismantling of your system and repair of your surge
suppressor. Not so with Furman’s SMP. Damaging transient voltages are safely absorbed, clamped, and dissipated. Your connected
equipment is protected, while your Furman protects itself!
Unique to Furman’s SMP is its unparalleled clamping voltage, defined as the amount of voltage that is allowed to pass through to your
equipment when the protecon device is subjected to a transient surge or spike. While other designs offer clamping voltages that are
well above 330 Vpk, Furman’s SMP clamps at 188 Vpk, (133 VAC RMS) even when tested with mulple 6000 Vpk - 3000 amp surges!
This unprecedented level of protecon is only available with Furman’s SMP technology.
EVS (EXTREME VOLTAGE SHUTDOWN)
Furman’s trusted over-voltage (EVS) circuitry protects against prolonged overvoltage condions, such as accidental connecons to 208
or 240 VAC, or an intermient neutral. It does so by monitoring the incoming voltage and, when an unsafe condion is detected,
triggering a relay which shuts off the incoming power unl the overvoltage condion is corrected and the power switch is reset.
LIFT (LINEAR FILTERING TECHNOLOGY)
Unfortunately, tradional AC power condioners have been designed for unrealisc laboratory condions. Prior technologies, wheth-
er mulple-pole or convenonal series-mode filters, could actually harm audio and video performance more than they help, due to
the resonant peaking of their anquated, non-linear designs. Under certain condions, these designs can actually add more than 10
dB of noise to the incoming AC line! Worse sll, lost digital data, the need to reboot digital presets, or destrucon of sensive digital
converters are frequently caused by excessive voltage spikes and AC noise contaminang the equipment ground. Furman’s LiFT takes
a different approach, ensuring opmal performance through linear AC noise filtering with no ground contaminaon.
PL-8 C ADDITIONAL FEATURES
The PL-8 C features Smooth Track LED rack lights which produce virtually no heat and provide an extremely long lifespan. A dimmer
control for the rack lights allows the user to adjust the level of illuminaon (by rotang clockwise/counterclockwise) or switch the
lamps on and off (by pushing the knob in). A rear mounted BNC jack accepts any standard (12VAC 0.5 amp) gooseneck lamp for rear
rack illuminaon.
The PL-8 C is equipped with a front panel convenience AC outlet and eight rear panel outlets in two isolated banks. The outlets in Bank
A are spaced to accommodate transformer plugs (wall warts). Since the banks are isolated from each other, it is recommended to con-
nect analog equipment into Bank A and digital equipment into Bank B (or vice versa). The PL-8 C’s 15A (1800 wa) capacity is supplied
from a robust 14 AWG, 10 foot AC cord.