Owners Manual

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CONTINUOUS ABSOLUTE POWER
Power reserve would require the voltage to increase as ohms law insists it
must, saying a circuit doesn’t sag isn’t a reserve of power. The AC waveform
goes between maximum and minimum points at 50 Hz in 10 mS, it then swings
to the maximum negative value. At 20 mS a full cycle is achieved. Therefore, in
fact the average values of an AC wavefrom is zero. Only as a power wave can it
be positive, this is due to the law of squared negatives. It looks like a ballooned
sine wave where the value of 45 degrees is 0.5 not 0.7071 from a trigonometric
table. Were this only a voltage wave it would have a long-term value of zero!
As far as energy storage is concerned zero is the value of stored energy.
Direct Current resistance (DCR) will cause sag. To put it in other words, a
system has to be developed which does not limited the power reserve of the
power station, meaning a circuit needs to have extremely low resistance whilst
maintaining sufficiently high inductance. When done correctly and in perfect
balance the inductance is virtually zero at 50/60 Hz and the Direct Current
resistance (DCR) is also very close to zero. Therefore an ideal filter circuit
must maintain zero Ohms resistance DC (or very close) and considerable AC
resistance to noise above 50/60 Hz. Despite statements to the contrary, this
is precisely where correctly specified materials matter most. Whilst some
might consider these ‘exotic’ they represent a critical and important part of the
function and appropriate to use. Remarkably IsoTek filter designs can maintain
very low resistance at 50/60Hz but have very high amounts of noise cancellation
above that frequency.
Most AC circuits are reactive – produce a reaction either from the power
drawn or the circuit itself, put simply they are not pure resistors and behave
like a capacitance and resistance or an inductance and resistance. In an ideal
world the only allowable impediment is resistance and ideally this needs to be
extremely low. A dilemma, do you want high transient power or do you want
heavy filtration – amazingly you can have both, but one must have components
of the very highest quality, which are designed specifically for purpose with
totally correct architecture. This is extremely complex and has resulted in the
design of specialist parts; these do not exist outside the world of specialist
power engineering and are unique to IsoTek designs.
INDEPENDENT
SOCKETS
HIGH GRADE
COMPONENTS
WARRANTEE
YEAR
3
SURGE
PROTECTION
SINE WAVE
CORRECTION
CONTINOUS
ABSOLUTE POWER
MULTIPLE
FILTER SYSTEM
SOLID OCC
COPPER AG
ADAPTIVE
GATING
K.E.R.P.
REMOVES
MAINS NOISE
3 YEAR WARRANTY
As part of our on-going commitment to the highest standards of customer
service, IsoTek offers you the opportunity to extend the standard 2 years product
warranty to 3 years, free of charge.
Simply REGISTER YOUR PURCHASE with IsoTek. We do not share your personal
details with any third parties without your permission.
INDEPENDENT
SOCKETS
HIGH GRADE
COMPONENTS
WARRANTEE
YEAR
3
SURGE
PROTECTION
SINE WAVE
CORRECTION
CONTINOUS
ABSOLUTE POWER
MULTIPLE
FILTER SYSTEM
SOLID OCC
COPPER AG
ADAPTIVE
GATING
K.E.R.P.
REMOVES
MAINS NOISE
INDEPENDENT
SOCKETS
HIGH GRADE
COMPONENTS
WARRANTEE
YEAR
3
SURGE
PROTECTION
SINE WAVE
CORRECTION
CONTINOUS
ABSOLUTE POWER
MULTIPLE
FILTER SYSTEM
SOLID OCC
COPPER AG
ADAPTIVE
GATING
K.E.R.P.
REMOVES
MAINS NOISE
SURGE PROTECTION
Power surges or spikes on the mains supply are generally very bad for any
electrical device especially a high quality audio replay system. Power surges
occur when there is a boost to the electrical charge at some point in the power
lines. This causes an increase in the electrical potential energy, which can
increase the current flowing to your wall outlet. This in turn can damage your
sensitive audio system.
The IsoTek protection system uses an array of VDRs which offer a cascading level
of protection, in some cases over 100,000A. These step in fast and sequentially
dependent upon the severity of the encountered power surge or spike. The
architecture of the protection circuit extends dramatically and almost instantly
when required.
The protection circuit has two primary functions, one to preserve itself and the
second to step in gradually as any problem increases, with the ability to act
very fast should an extreme condition occur. The protection circuits also protect
the filters and the filters assist the protection in the initial stage. Unlike many
protection devices these assist sound quality as well as providing protection.
Studies suggest this problem is not subtle and is frequent. The disturbing
challenge is the 1,000 to 6,000V range. It is likely most protection systems do
very little good and probably cause sound degradation.
CONTINUOUS ABSOLUTE POWER
IsoTek delivers absolute power, unrestricted current delivery within what
the power company can supply and regulations allow. Generally for power
amplifiers or high wattage electronics IsoTek provides output which offers
extremely low impedance and low DCR, this completely eliminates (within the
concepts of power filtering) any possibility of current restriction and enhances
dynamic range, the impedance of the chain back to the power station being far
larger. When power is contaminated dynamic range is reduced.
It is impossible to get more than 100% out of the mains supply. The very principle
of AC power is that it doesn’t store energy in the transmission system. It is
therefore impossible to store energy in an AC system by the very principles by
which it works. There can be no so-called power reserve, thus a power reserve
within an AC circuit in the truest sense of the word does not and cannot exist.
INDEPENDENT
SOCKETS
HIGH GRADE
COMPONENTS
WARRANTEE
YEAR
3
SURGE
PROTECTION
SINE WAVE
CORRECTION
CONTINOUS
ABSOLUTE POWER
MULTIPLE
FILTER SYSTEM
SOLID OCC
COPPER AG
ADAPTIVE
GATING
K.E.R.P.
REMOVES
MAINS NOISE
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