3 Products From Innovolt You Shoud Know About
March 21, 2011

If you've had a modem reset itself every so often, a DVR that locks up, or a TV that flickers every time the AC kicks on? Innovolt products may be the solution you need to uncover problems in the power grid serving your home.

A recent CEPro article drew our attention to products from Innovolt, like the Power Doctor shown above, which enables you to identify one of 5 possible causes of electrical disturbance emanating from the power grid serving your home. These are:

• Voltage Sags that cause Current Surges
• Over Voltage events
• Brownouts
• Voltage Surges
• Power Outages.

All Innovolt power-protection products have built-in microprocessors that collect data on power quality. Plug one of these devices into a troublesome outlet – better yet into one outlet on every circuit. After waiting a sufficient collection period, the data can be transferred to the Power Doctor via the Optical Interface. The collected data can then be downloaded to any standard PC via the USB interface for organizing and analysis using the Power Doctor Disturbance Tool to see what’s going on with your home’s power.

A single outlet power-protection device is the Plug-In-Protector (PIP 8) shown at right. When you a have modem, router, computer, and an all-in-one printer plugged into a power strip plugged into a single outlet, the PIP8 is perfect for protection for loads rated up to 8 Amps. The PIP8 also includes an onboard breaker for overload/short circuit protection, and the LED displays any disturbance encountered and protected against for 60 minutes. While the PIP8 is great for home office products, what about your entetainment center?

Innovolt offers both the HEM-X15 and the HEM-X1000 Home Entertainment Manager products

HEM-X15, shown at left, protects and monitors power going to products like HDTV's, audio components, Blu-ray players, media servers and much more. The robust power protection includes a CATV/SAT circuit. You can view data real time on the LCD display showing frequency and types of disturbances protected against. This product handles 5 devices and is perfect up to a 15 Amp load.

The HEM-X1000 was designed for power protection for home theater, audio/video components and HDTV requiring a central hub for AC connections and 15 Amp service.
This unit delivers 4 stage EMI/RFI noise filtering in addition to power protection for 11 devices up to a 15 Amp load.