My wife and I will be taking our daughter to visit her family in Santo Domingo in September (2008), and would like to help them to protect their electronics. I asked an electrician friend for advice on dealing with the brownouts, spikes, and voltage irregularities. He suggested the APC Line-R 1200VA automatic voltage regulator as an affordable and reliable option, but he is not use to the demands of the electric grid in the Dominican Republic, so I want to be sure that this is going to be sufficient. I have seen them online for $45 and up, but there's no use in buying it and taking up space in the luggage for something that isn't going to work.
They have two separate lines coming from two systems to their house and switch back and forth depending on which has current at that time, and also have access to a generator that the motel next door operates at times, so I feel that this is an especially demanding situation, but anything at all would be an improvement over the combination of no protection at all or unplugging everything they have to keep it safe.
No computers or extremely sensitive equipment, but they do have a nice stereo, tv, cordless phone, ect.
Thanks
Scott
They have two separate lines coming from two systems to their house and switch back and forth depending on which has current at that time, and also have access to a generator that the motel next door operates at times, so I feel that this is an especially demanding situation, but anything at all would be an improvement over the combination of no protection at all or unplugging everything they have to keep it safe.
No computers or extremely sensitive equipment, but they do have a nice stereo, tv, cordless phone, ect.
Thanks
Scott