Wattgate 320 IEC ?!?

Just had a look at the Wattgate IEC's on my Kimber Classic kords and there appears to be some capacitor type 'bridge' between the Live and Neutral connections.

Any ideas as to their purpose ?

 

surge supressor

 

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh .

Cheers

 

roll of the treble a bit to sound smoother? naughty oops its mains..well keep rf out...

 

Yep, that's exactly what it is. R.A. calls it a "Superclamp" though.

 

Put your cynical hats on..... I wonder why he calls it that...


possible reasons for doing so...

1) Nobody else will have the 'superclap' therefore providing product with an additional feature.
2) To say what the item ACTUALLY is, will encourage thoughts like '' but if its just a surge supressor - isnt that a) something I could make myself for 10p?, b) the same as other products?
3) by calling it 'superclamp' it infurs the little capacitor is in same way 'SUPERior'
4) By keeping customers in the dark, you maintain an air of mystery
5) By using a term nobody knows, infers that they have additional knowledge - and therefore can engineer a superior product.
6) by using the word 'clamp' the plug now has magical clamping quality to the mains!


Im running out here... anyone else?

Im off to have a super-pint, on my clamp-sofa.

 

I believe it may be nothing more than a VDR (Voltage Dependant Resistor).

Mind you, have you seen the prices R.A. charges for their wall wart plug-in "Mega Clamp" device...

 

If you look at Russ's prices, the difference between getting the cheaper Wattgate IEC and the more expensive one is actually more than it should be when you take into consideration the prices of the Wattgates on their owm. Russ is a total rip-off artist in the extreme.

 

RA charge £20 plus postage for Wattgate 320s.

A forum member imported a few from US and he let me have a couple for £12.50 each including Recorded Delivery

 

Data - your sig is bigger than most people's posts. Could you cut it down a bit or at least use the SIZE=1 command (in square brackets) to make the text smaller...like this .

Michael.

 

so does anybody know exactly what the device is in terms of values, voltages, etc., so one can replicate a "superclamp" down at the local maplin's?

and, rather more importantly, is it actually worth doing?

i presume a "voltage dependant resistor" merely shorts when there is voltage spike, preventing that entering the equipment...? or something like that?

 

blake,

see the post by Lee in thread -
https://www.audio-forums.com/as-rediect/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4525

Thats what you want

 

useful thanks.

so you put those next to / on any component like a refrigerator, etc. but not on the hi fi..?