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Richard Gray’s Ultimate Home Theater Backup Machine - Don’t Miss a Touchdown
Richard Gray's PowerVault provides whopping 92 amps of capacity so it can power an entire home theater system--lighting, amps, projectors, the works--with no down time when the power kicks off during the Super Bowl.
08.24.2007 — The problem with gas generators is they take too long to come on after a power outage, and they're awfully loud. The trouble with uninterruptible power supplies is that they can't power an entire house.
Richard Gray's Power Company has a solution for this power-supply gap. The PowerVault combines an online battery back-up with the benefits of the company's 1200C power delivery system, providing the "ultimate answer for a truly uninterrupted home theater experience," as the company literature says.
The system has 92 amps of capacity so it can power an entire home theater system--lighting, amps, projectors, the works--with no down time.
"If you're watching the SuperBowl and you were smart enough to buy a generator, it has to wake up. That's about three minutes," says RGPC founder Richard Gray. "Then all the gear has to reboot. By that time, you've missed a good touchdown."
A UPS would keep the action going, but you'd need a lot of them to back up an entire theater.
The PowerVault, on the other hand, can back up a whole house, possibly, and an entire home theater, definitely. "It wouldn't hold up a central AC unit," says Gray, "but maybe a wall unit. So you can sit in the theater room and have some cooling."
The PowerVault can work in conjunction with a generator or solar power. When the supplemental power kicks in, the PowerVault can shut down, and vice versa.
The PowerVault comes in 5kW and 11kW versions priced at $24,500 and $29,500, respectively. An electrician is required for installation, and it will be the first product for which RGPC requires certification.



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Richard Gray's Power Company has a solution for this power-supply gap. The PowerVault combines an online battery back-up with the benefits of the company's 1200C power delivery system, providing the "ultimate answer for a truly uninterrupted home theater experience," as the company literature says.
The system has 92 amps of capacity so it can power an entire home theater system--lighting, amps, projectors, the works--with no down time.
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"If you're watching the SuperBowl and you were smart enough to buy a generator, it has to wake up. That's about three minutes," says RGPC founder Richard Gray. "Then all the gear has to reboot. By that time, you've missed a good touchdown."
A UPS would keep the action going, but you'd need a lot of them to back up an entire theater.
The PowerVault, on the other hand, can back up a whole house, possibly, and an entire home theater, definitely. "It wouldn't hold up a central AC unit," says Gray, "but maybe a wall unit. So you can sit in the theater room and have some cooling."
The PowerVault can work in conjunction with a generator or solar power. When the supplemental power kicks in, the PowerVault can shut down, and vice versa.
The PowerVault comes in 5kW and 11kW versions priced at $24,500 and $29,500, respectively. An electrician is required for installation, and it will be the first product for which RGPC requires certification.


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Julie Jacobson, Editor-at-large, CE Pro
As a co-founder of EH Publishing in 1994, Julie has edited and contributed to all of the company's publications at one time or another. An authority on home automation, networking, integration, digital convergence and the CE pro channel, Julie speaks often about these subjects at industry events. She graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan, and received an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Julie is a washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player.
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