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Budget (but quality) power conditioner, surge suppressors?

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I haven't really experienced any issues in the past with surges or anything, but I was considering making an upgrade to my protection for my system, plus possibly throwing in line conditioning as well.

I currently do own a power conditioner, but I am using it for my home theater system. It's a Belkin PureAV PF30 power conditioner with 1 nanosecond spike relay cutoff, 165K amp spike current protection and 3245 Joules of surge protection.

I was considering getting another one of these, it wouldnt run me too much, but I was curious to know if there is something out there that can compare to or beat this. I have been looking at the Furman conditioners, and I like the clamp dissipation these have (its protection system doesn't blow out, and is reusable), but they don't stop all that much inrush current. If possible I want to stay under $150 max, but would rather stay under $100.

Right now I am using a rather puny Monster HT700 (better than the CyberPower PC surge strip I was using), and I don't really feel all that confident with it considering I have 4 receivers, a tuner, a tape deck and CD player, as well as a TT connected up to it.
 
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[Edit: Just realized this post is two months old...so how did this turn out?]

I just came across an APC H10 used but this model is still on the market. Not under $100 new but less than $200. Specs say it has a peak surge current of 230K amps, surge protection 4720 J. So it sounds comparable to what you're looking at. I think you are more knowledgeable than me because you can use 'clamp dissipation' in a sentence, but anyway here's one more model that may be in your range. I haven't plugged mine in yet but it seems solidly built.
 
whoaru99 said:
Depends on what you want. For surge protection you'd be better off with a whole house unit installed into the power meter or at the service panel.
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I took a very long hiatus as I was moving into a new apartment. Sorry! That being said, modifying the electrical panel is off limits for sure.
 
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