Technical Specifications

Performance Comparison
Compare Surge Protection
MOV’s alone or MOV’s with traditional inductors block surges and spikes on
line and neutral, and dump excess energy to ground, but degrade with each
surge and spike event and may not survive a signicant event like a lightning
strike. Effectiveness grade when new: A to C, Effectiveness grade not-new:
C to F. (Needs to be replaced after signicant surge event.)
Cost range: $25 to $80.
Compare Power Conditioning
Other Products
Other Products
Protection on the power circuit ground is generally not available since other
technology often dumps surges and spikes to the ground. Other versions
protect ground by automatically cutting off power to line, neutral and ground
until the threat is gone (requiring a battery back-up system). An alternative is
to install expensive isolated ground circuit conduit that connects a computing
device back to (hopefully clean) earth ground. Effectiveness grade: D.
Additional Cost $50-$75 (Isolated Ground, $300-$800, Effectiveness B+)
Power conditioning and regulating devices use transformers in
combination with other components to ensure that optimum energy and
frequency is delivered to sensitive devices. These devices can include
additional surge protection and harmonic ltering systems.
Effectiveness grade: B to C. Additional cost range: $60 to $200
Patented Technology that Protects
Line, Neutral and Ground
www.bantamcleanpower.com
Patented circuit is always energized, anticipating surge and spike energy on
line, neutral and ground. Energy is absorbed into magnetic elds, conditioned
and recycled as clean energy without dumping to ground. Will absorb and
dissipate over 1,000 UL1449 surge events (lightning strikes)
with no degradation to Bantam or the protected device,
and has a useful life of over 10 years.
The same balanced circuit and magnetic eld that absorbs and recycles
power surges and spikes also conditions power, providing up to 20 dB of
bi-directional common and differential mode insertion loss above 100KHz
on Line-Neutral-Ground. The protected device experiences cleaner
power and reduced harmmoincs, extending product life.
Effectiveness grade: B,
Computing devices use the power circuit ground as a reference for 1’s
and 0’s in digital code. Surges, spikes, errant frequencies, noise, EMI/
RFI and harmonics on the ground can make a 0 look like a 1 and
corrupt code. Bantam’s technology (same circuit in the above examples)
protects and lters the power circuit ground, along with the line and
neutral. Digital code has a stable reference, power is not cut, and no
isolated ground is needed. Effectiveness grade: A.
A wide range of problematic EMI and RFI noise frequencies can exist
in power circuits. Filtering requires frequency specic components and
systems to dampen these errant frequencies. Existing products can
provide additional solutions depending on the frequencies to be ltered.
Effectiveness across a wide range of frequencies: B to D. Additional
Cost Range: $60 to $200
The patented technology in the Bantam (same circuit as the above
examples) is a very effective bi-directional lter of Electromagnetic
Interference (EMI/RFI) from 1 MHz to over 20 MHz. Bantam’s 20 dB
of common noise suppression will improve a protected devices
susceptibility threshold and extends the life of the protected device.
Effectiveness grade across a wide range of frequencies: B+.
Intrusion and inltration through the power ground is a recent concern
described in the Cyber Protection literature under Tempest, Power Line
Exploit, and Red Power. Non-Leveler technology power surge and con-
ditioning devices do not protect against ground intrusion.
Effectiveness grade: F. Cost: $0
The patented technology in the Bantam (same circuit in the above
examples) effectively lters line, neutral and ground, and eliminates
bi-directional computer operation “reection frequencies”
from the ground signals exiting a device.
Effectiveness grade: A.
Non-Bantam technology Power Factor Correction requires a combination
of capacitors and inductors to correct inefciencies that waste power and
increase component stress and heat. This capability is usually an add-
on to products described above. Effectiveness grade range A to C.
Additional Cost: $60 to $100.
The patented technology in the Bantam (same circuit in the above
examples) is an inductive device and will improve capacitive power
factor efciencies by up to 30% when the initial pf is below 70 . The
Bantam will not improve inductive power factor inefciencies.
Capacitive Power Factor Correction Effectiveness grade: B+.
Other Products
Bantam
Compare EMI/RFI Filtering
Compare Stable Ground
Compare Ground Intrusion
Bantam
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Other Products
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Compare Power Factor
Bantam
Compare Total Costs
Min $255 to $655
(Not Including $300-$800 Isolated Ground)
MSRP $114.50
One Patented Circuit, Multiple Capabilities
Revolutionary Performance One Technology One Product One Low Price
Technology
Contact: Lodestone/Digilant, 4769 E. Wesley Drive, Anaheim CA 92807 • (714-970-0900)
Surge Protection Power Conditioning & Filter Stable Ground Reference
Harmonic Attenuation Power Factor Correction Hacker Protection