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California Brownouts and equipment

A few weeks ago, while my wife was watching a video, a brownout occurred. Not knowing to shut everything off, she simply went to bed. Sometime in the middle of the night everything came back on. Now the VCR won't record. I have all my audio and video equipment connected to a Audio Research Ref One preamp which is connected to a Plinius SA100 MKIII amp. It's all plugged into a Richard Grey's Power Company 400s. My question is can a brownout cause damage to my equipment? If so, how severe? Not knowing when a brownout may occurr, are there any suggestions?
rosstaman
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dekay
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Sean & everybody: I just went to Global Mart and the price is still $124.95 plus $9.25 for UPS ground. I ordered another one to get it over with. I am going to try running two in tandem (the second one running off of the "digital" outlet of the first). I will plug the amp into the "amp" plug of the first unit and run the digital components (DAC and player) from the "digital" outlets on the second unit. If doubling up on the digital gear does not sound better, I still have a use for it on the mini system. If I weren't so cheap I would have ordered a couple for the televisions as well, but I am, so I didn't.
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snook2
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Get out of Cal.
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dekay
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Snook: We have had an offer to relocate to Italy, but I fear that I would go hoarse yelling "where's the beef".
sedond
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david, i'd go to italy if i were ewe - who needs beef when there's italian cars? ;~)

doug s.

rosstaman OP
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Thanks, everyone. And I appreciate that no one suggested a new wife.
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