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FrizzleFried

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Smart Power Strip Whine?!
« on: September 11, 2008, 03:44:15 pm »
Has anyone else experienced a "whine" at all from their smart power power strip?  When I turn off my cab the strip starts to whine...sounds like a very very very high pitched almost inaudible "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..."

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Re: Smart Power Strip Whine?!
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2008, 03:51:52 pm »

What's in a smartstrip?  It's just one outlet connected to a relay that turns on the rest of them, isn't it?  No recitification or anything?
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Re: Smart Power Strip Whine?!
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2008, 03:56:43 pm »
Plus a bunch of parts to filter out the noise and provide surge suppression.  I'd assume some of those parts either got damaged or starting to fail.
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Re: Smart Power Strip Whine?!
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2008, 03:59:41 pm »

I'd start thinking about caps and inductors, then.
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Re: Smart Power Strip Whine?!
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2008, 04:30:39 pm »
I would imagine it has to have a circuit in there to sense current draw as well.
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