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Guardian Series power distributors represent a significant advance in value, performance and technology that have evolved from Shunyata Research’s award-winning Hydra Series power distributors. Shunyata Research has proven its commitment to improve performance and lower cost. The Guardian Series Power distribution products have clearly achieved that goal.

Features

Military / Industrial Grade Construction
All Guardians are built with heavy gauge metal chassis for durability in severe environments. The all-metal construction ensures electrical and fire safety in high current systems. Not only can the Guardian’s outer chassis withstand the weight of an SUV, internally, it is capable of defeating anything the power line can dish out.

Custom Install / Home Theater Oriented Flexibility
The Guardian’s novel trapezoidal shape provides a stable platform even when using heavy, audiophile grade power cabling. Floor model Guardian’s feature top mounted inlet and outlets, which makes connections easy when used behind home theater wall-units and in back of equipment racks.

Guardians may also be rack mounted, either individually or in combination to serve the diverse professional or custom installation needs involving home media, professional studio or audiophile systems.

Unprecedented Power and Current Delivery
Guardians deliver a continuous 20-Amps of unrestricted current for power hungry audio/video systems. The Guardian products use expensive electromagnetic breakers that eliminate the power losses and thermal noise often caused by fuses and cheap thermal breakers. Guardians do not use coils, transformers or baluns that restrict the instantaneous flow of current.

World Class Protection “Trident Defense System”
Guardians use the Shunyata Research exclusive three-stage Trident Defense System, formerly only available in the renowned Shunyata Research Hydra Series power conditioners.

This three-stage power protection method provides comprehensive power protection and the elimination of noise and power transients from just a few volts above the nominal 120 VAC, up to 6,000 volts. Many power conditioners and power strips use simple MOV protection schemes that degrade significantly over time and eventually burn out. These power conditioning products only protect against transient spikes above ~300 VAC, while allowing disturbances in the critical 120VAC to 300VAC range to pass through to your system. Guardian Series power distributors protect through the entire range.

Extraordinary Performance to Value Ratio
Guardian Power Distributors are capable of power distribution, noise isolation and system protection in a package that sets new standards for value and performance.

All critical design elements that have made Shunyata Research’s Hydra Series power distributors the most acclaimed products of their kind, are also applied in the Guardian Series products, with economy and flexible application potential in mind.

Exclusive or Proprietary High-Performance Parts & Materials

  • Detachable 20 Amp power inlet
  • Expensive electromagnetic breaker
  • Premium Shunyata spec Hubbell outlets
  • Shunyata’s Massive gauge CDA 101 copper wiring
  • Proprietary multi-element Venom Filter network

Models

Guardian 2

  • Maximum Continuous Current: 20 Amps
  • Voltage Rating: 110-125 VAC / 220-250 VAC
  • Transient Surge Protection:
    Peak Pulse Current: 6,000-10,000 (8x20ms Current Wave)
    Single-Pulse Energy Capability: 320 Joules maximum
  • Operating Temperature: -55 to 85 °C
  • Storage Temperature: -55 to 125 °C
   
Guardian 4
  • Maximum Continuous Current: 20 Amps
  • Voltage Rating: 110-125 VAC / 220-250 VAC
  • Transient Surge Protection:
    Peak Pulse Current: 6,000-10,000 (8x20ms Current Wave)
    Single-Pulse Energy Capability: 320 Joules maximum
  • Operating Temperature: -55 to 85 °C
  • Storage Temperature: -55 to 125 °C
   
Guardian 6
  • Maximum Continuous Current: 20 Amps
  • Voltage Rating: 110-125 VAC / 220-250 VAC
  • Transient Surge Protection:
    Peak Pulse Current: 6,000-10,000 (8x20ms Current Wave)
    Single-Pulse Energy Capability: 320 Joules maximum
  • Operating Temperature: -55 to 85 °C
  • Storage Temperature: -55 to 125 °C
For more information about this product, please visit the manufacturer's website.

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