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Features
Warranty Note
Features
Overview: Clean, regulated AC is essential
to optimize the performance of your connected equipment. The Power Plant Premier
is a state-of-the-art AC regenerator that regulates the AC line voltage,
producing clean and low distortion AC power. The Premier will provide up to 1500
watts of pure, regulated AC power regardless of the condition of your home's
power. The PS Audio Power Plant Premier is built to the highest standard
internally and externally by featuring 1/4 inch think solid copper power bars,
11 gauge copper wire, heavy extruded aluminum covers and nickel plated hand
polished Power Port AC receptacles.
True Surge Protection: The Power Plant
features true protection from surges, spikes and transient events on the power
line. Microprocessor controlled over/under voltage sensing offer true surge
protection. The unit will automatically disconnect equipment from the AC in the
event of a surge.
Replaceable Power Cartridge:
The Power Cartridge AC input
module contains the surge and spike protection, circuit breaker, over/under
voltage control and the first stage of common mode filtering. The unique cartridge is the heart of the Power Plant and
can be replaced in the field should a problem ever occur. For instance, if the
home is struck by lightning or a surge or spike big enough to damage the
cartridge, it easily slides out and can be replaced.
1500 Watt AC Regenerator:
The patented 85% efficient AC regenerator
corrects for power line quality issues such as low/high voltage, distortion,
clipped sine wave, and noise. The Premier takes what your wall AC has to offer
and converts it into perfect AC. Rebuilding the sine wave into this low
distortion waveform is a huge benefit for your connected audio/video
electronics.
Non-restricted Dynamics: The Power Plant
provides clean, safe and unrestricted power. At 1500 watts, there's enough power
for even the most demanding systems. The Premier will not restrict dynamics or
soundstage in any high-end audio/video system. The Premier will provide a
superior level of performance in micro and macro dynamics as well as maintain
harmonic integrity for audio equipment while increasing color saturation and
lower video noise in video equipment.
5 Isolated Zones With 10 AC Receptacles:
On the rear of the Power Plant Premier, the cleaned AC voltage is distributed to
your equipment through 5 isolated zones and 10 nickel plated AC receptacles that
utilize a magnetic filtering technology based on wound inductors built from
strips of Nano Crystalline, high permeability soft magnetic material. This
material has approximately 10 times higher permeability than an other magnetic
material produced. High permeability magnetic core materials allow PS Engineers
to used a minimal amount of copper wire to build effective filters, thus
preserving micro and macro dynamics for both audio and video systems.
Power Port Receptacles: The unit features
10 Power Port AC receptacles that are high-end AV, hospital certified grade 10
to 20 amp AC receptacles. This ensures that the tension is maintained on any
male plug that is inserted into the Power Plant giving your equipment an
excellent AC connection. Each Power Port AC receptacle features 15 separate
coats of nickel and 15 separate hand polishing operations to achieve maximum
conductivity and durability.
Front Panel Distortion Analyzer: The
Premier utilizes a front panel black and blue display that analyzes
incoming distortion on the power line as well as AC line voltage. The front
panel display can be dimmed or turned off.
Voltage Meter:
The Premier's front panel analyzer display allows
you to measure AC line voltage in real time. This shows the voltage coming into
the Power Plant from the AC wall socket and the voltage from the Power Plant to
your home audio/video gear. It will also monitor the difference between the
voltage input and output. This feature is valuable to monitor what the status of
your line is as a means of gaining control and insight into your home's power
quality. The Premier will keep everything connected to it at a perfect steady
voltage regardless of input conditions.
THD Measurement: The
Power Plant's front panel display also measure's total harmonic distortions
(THD). This function measures and displays the percent of harmonics present on
the incoming AC line into the Power Plant from your AC wall outlet. Harmonics
are generated by distortions in the AC waveforms, clipped top of the sine wave,
and added noise which are undesirable. the Premier will reduce these harmonics
on it s output by up to 10 times.
MultiWave:
The MultiWave feature allows the peak charging time
of the sine wave to be extended to help connected equipment lower power supply
ripple and therefore improve their performance. MultiWave can have the same
improvement benefits gained from adding a larger power transformer or more power
supply capacitance to connected equipment.
CleanWave:
The CleanWave function places a series of higher
frequencies that ride on the main sine wave to help degauss connected magnetics
and clean connected equipment. CleanWave can be used between Cd's, movies and
vinyl.
Power Sequencer:
The Premier has the
capability to drive an entire system. The Premier's rear panel power sequencer
allows you to select any of the three available power zones (A, B, C) and choose
always on, switched on or delayed on. With these choices, you can setup your
system to automatically leave power on, turn it on or off via the front panel
power button (or the remote), and delay the turn on sequence until the source
equipment has been activated.
12 Volt Trigger: The
Power Plant also features two rear panel 12 volt triggers. These DC triggers are
used to remotely turn on and off the Power Plant Premier. The 3.5mm inputs will
accept any voltage from 5 to 15 volts. If any of your equipment produces a DC
trigger voltage you can use this input to control the Power Plant.
CATV and Phone Jacks:
The gold-plated dual pair In/Out coax jacks and single pair In/Out RJ-11 phone
jacks are high quality, no-loss in/out paths for protection. The CATV coax
connectors can accommodate two sources such as a cable TV or a satellite or
antenna feed. These jacks ensure surges traveling over cable TV, satellite, RF
antenna or phone lines do not reach connected equipment.
IR Remote Control: In addition to the unit
front panel three function buttons, The Power Plant comes supplied with an IR
wireless remote control that can changed the unit's display brightness, choose
THD or voltage, set MultiWave and CleanWave functions, or turn the power On or
Off.
Conditioners: PS Audio discourages the use
of any power conditioning equipment before or after the Power
Plant Premier except for the PS Audio Soloist in-wall AC receptacle to feed power to
the unit. Using the optional Soloist (sold separately) will make a significant
performance improvement over the included power cable.
Mounting: You can mount the Power Plant
Premier on a shelf or in a rack. The Power Plant measures the same size as most
audio/video electronics gear so it can fit perfectly with your system. If you
are placing the unit in a rack, you can use the supplied rack ears. The PS Audio
Premier does not generate heat so concerns of airflow and heating of other
equipment are not necessary. The Power Plant comes with a 6' detachable AC power
cord.
Warranty
Note
Warranty: PS Audio warrants this product
to be free of manufacturing defects in materials and workmanship for a period of
90 days from the date of purchase by the original purchaser. This warranty
period can be extended to 3 years by registering the product with PS Audio
online at www.psaudio.com.
