Furman PLP Series Power Conditioner (Circuit Board Green)

Power line disturbances are real, and they are inevitable. According to Consumer Reports (November, 1994), "One significant surge a day is the norm. High-exposure areas may experience perhaps a hundred smallish spikes a day." Proper protection is essential for costly equipment, even more so if it is frequently moved from location to location.

The PLP-Series Power Conditioner and Light Modules are the perfect accessories to any equipment, providing the basic power protection essential to every audio or video system. The PLPs feature eye-catching translucent plastic front panels and a new streamlined shape, and are available in 4 high-tech colors: Electric Blue (PLP-BLU), Laser Red (PLP-RED), Ultra Violet (PLP-VIO), and Circuit Board Green (PLP-GRN). Based on Furman's popular PL-PLUS, each of the 4 colored-panel PLP models includes a voltage meter, enhanced surge, RFI and EMI filtering, and a horizontal bar graph display with adjustable brightness. Install a PLP in the top slot of your rack, and the 8 switched AC outlets on the rear panel will power up all your equipment while its 2 slide-out, swiveling light fixtures provide discreet rack illumination on stages, in studios, or in any dark environment. A dimmer control lets you adjust the brightness to just the right level.

Features
Translucent, brightly colored plastic front panel with streamlined shape, available in 4 stunning, high-tech colors

2 slide-out, swiveling light fixtures for rack illumination

Dimmer control for… read more lamp brightness

8 accessory outlets in rear controlled by front switch

Triple-mode varistor spike and surge protection

RFI filtering

15-amp rating, with circuit breaker

Separate switch for lamps

Line voltage monitor reads 90 to 128 volts

Improved RFI filtering with multi-stage filter

10 ft. heavy-duty AC cord

The PLP protects your delicate electronic equipment by combining a high voltage surge and transient suppressor with an RFI/EMI interference filter. The fast-acting suppression circuit responds in nanoseconds, clamping spikes and surges to safe levels. The filter works to prevent noise from fluorescent lights, electric motors, radio transmitters, and similar sources of "electronic pollution" from leaking from the AC line into sensitive analog or digital circuits.

The PLP's lamps come supplied with 7-watt night-light bulbs. Replacements are readily available in 4-watt or 7-watt sizes at most supermarkets and hardware stores. Colored Christmas tree bulbs may also be used. Bulbs are easily replaced without removing the unit from the rack by unscrewing the cap on the end of each light tube.

The PLP has a master switch for the rear outlets that glows red when the power is on. There is also a separate switch for the lamps, allowing you to check your equipment settings before applying power to it. The front-panel circuit breaker can be easily and quickly reset should the PLP be overloaded.

In addition, the PLP offers improved exceptional noise filtering and an AC voltmeter. The 20 LED bar graph voltmeter reads from 90 to 128 volts in 2-volt steps. The normal range voltages are indicated in green, with moderately and extremely high or low voltages in yellow and red respectively. The voltmeter's accuracy is ±2 volts. It can easily be recalibrated if necessary. The PLP also features a longer, 10 ft. heavy-duty 14-gauge power cable. In addition, it offers a sophisticated RFI filter network with a greatly improved capacity for stopping line noise. This filter incorporates a toroidal inductor and 3 high-voltage capacitors to achieve a common-mode noise attenuation of over 50 dB at 10 MHz. read less