Furman P-1800 AR Advanced Level Voltage Regularor/Power Conditioner, 15 Amp, Regulates 97-137 Volt Input Range to 120 Volt Output

Excellent power conditioner. Solved my subwoofer popping. I now have reliable, steady voltage free from damaging brownouts and power surges. Living in Florida, this is a must to protect your valuable entertainment components. Furman makes high-quality products, and they are highly regarded by those who use them.

Takes care of a few things for me... Very satisfied. Great value. I have it nearby, but separated, from a lot of other stuff. No issues. Putting away spare change for a second unit. (I honestly wish I needed two matching PF's. Just because.) I might upgrade. Just because. Also, I have a 215 and two 6b's. All quality, no noise issues. I was not expecting to spend about 1k on power, all told. But, I did. And I am planning on doing it again. Furman.

I am using this to protect the electronics in my living room: the TV, Amplifier, DVR, laptop computers, etc. Install is easy. No need to read the manual. Give it power, plug in your devices, and let it run. By default, the display on the front shows voltage. I changed mine to amps, a single button click, and I reduced the brightness to its minimum, press and hold. When the TV, Amp, and speakers are running, it shows 5 amps, else 1 amp (router, DVR, etc.). I like this view. If I accidentally leave the TV amplifier on, I can see it immediately in the readout. As luck would have it (or not), 4 weeks after installing the Furman, the transformer outside of our house exploded. As I understand it, these transformers have internal backups, so as one circuit blows out, another takes over, until finally all 4 of them are gone and you lose power for good. As each of the circuits blows, the power is restored momentarily, only to go again. So what happened? Items that weren't protected, like my electric stove and the ceiling lights, flicked on and off rapidly for 30 seconds as the transformer went through its death throes. What the Furman did was interesting. As soon as the voltage went too far out of range (I am presuming it alternated between low and high), it cut power to the outlets, protecting them from the voltage swings. While the stove and the lights were flicking on and off, everything protected by the Furman was safely off. Unlike other voltage regulators (I own an APC LE1200 and a Tripp Lite LC1800), this one doesn't click as it shifts the voltage back into range. Build quality appears good, and the unit runs cool to the touch. Although the P-1800 is designed to be rack mounted, i run mine on a shelf in the entertainment center, which works fine. I also use a Furman AC-215A to protect my fridge. The AC-215 is a smaller unit with two outlets, and is light enough to sit on top of the fridge. Again, appears very well made. I should also note that I did not notice any difference in picture quality or sound due to the cleaner power. That wasn't why I bought the unit, it was purely for protection. A final note. Several years ago, I used an APC Back-Ups Uninterruptible Power Supply. A storm hit, and fried my $2,000 server that was supposedly protected by the APC. I don't buy UPS units any more. I have found that it is safer to let devices power down than to provide DC converted power as the battery backed systems do. Better to have no power, than bad power.

Excellent

Been running great for months. Great if your in an old house with questionable electric lines.

I’ve had this product for about 2 years now. It provides clean power but it has a huge problem where a large transformer inside of it creates tons of EMI interference with adjacent rack gear such as microphone preamps. I had it sitting far enough away from my rack (not actually in a rack) to deal with it.

Works as it should!

This device is whisper quiet and cost more than the Panamex but is far better in my view. Voltage correction seems to start about 3.5 from 120. I thought it corrected regardless, like 119.5 to 120.0 but it does not you need to be off a bit before it kicks in. but once it does the output is spot on at 120.0 (at least for the ranges I have experienced with input as low as 112). In contrast the Panamex will not correct until you are at 115 or 125, and it buzzes when it is turned on and when it corrects voltage and when it just sits there sometimes. And it won't correct to precisely 120.0 it often over-corrected to 122 or 123. I had two Panamexs for a short period returned them, have two Furmans, now. And there is no audible sound that comes out of the Furman.

Ya tengo un tiempo con el regulador, es caro, pero me ha funcionado muy bien con mi rack y nunca he tenido un percance, es un tanto pesado, la salida por USB funciona muy bien pero es basica, la carga es lenta, fuera de ello con el equipo de estudio ha ido excelente

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