Doesn’t a Transient Voltage Surge Suppressor or common Surge Suppressor Strips provide adequate protection for my equipment?
It is Leveler’s stance that voltage-based TVSS devices such as Suppressor Strips do not provide any of the necessary protection and conditioning required at the supply to the electronic device. TVSS devices are voltage-sensitive only, and do little-to-nothing to reduce the amount of damaging current flowing to a load during a surge or transient. Its technology was developed to protect motors and other linear devices. Linear devices are sensitive to the voltage sine wave and operate based on its shape. Non-linear devices such as PCs rely on the peaks of the AC sine wave to generate current that becomes DC. Transients and surges are peaks in the AC sine wave when they occur. Non-linear power supplies turn on when the peak is highest, presenting a closed circuit that goes straight to the motherboard, CPU, memory, and hard drives. Only Leveler’s patented system offers current surge protection, ensuring no excess energy is experienced by the PC.
