All Articles Tagged Innovolt

CE Pro Editors | 10/13 09:34 AM, 0 Comments

Innovolt has announced Jeff Spence as the company’s president and chief operating officer. Spence is charged with extending the company’s reach, both geographically and via increased market penetration. Since joining Innovolt in January 2011, the company has secured several notable customer deals among the world’s largest brands, a trend that Spence wants to continue. As an example, Innovolt is now licensing its technology in markets from consumer electronics, medical technology, cable and satellite to HVAC and control systems, setting the company up for additional growth in 2012. Spence joined Innovolt… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 03/18 04:15 AM, 4 Comments

What consumer hasn’t had a modem reset itself every so often, a DVR that locks up, or a TV that flickers every time the AC kicks on? Innovolt, developer of power protection and management products, has just the solution: a new Power Audit program. All Innovolt power-protection products, including the $50 Current Voltage Surge Suppressor, have built-in microprocessors that collect data on power quality. Plug one of these devices into a troublesome outlet – better yet into one outlet on every circuit – and wait a couple of weeks. Then… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 06/08 07:07 AM, 1 Comment

Ever since the Electronic House Expo in March, Innovolt has been on fire. The manufacturer of power protection products had a large booth at the show, but EHX was more about product than personality. Attendees may well remember Innovolt for its sponsorship of the CE Pro All Star band and its giveaway of a custom Fender guitar. But what else should we know about the company? VP of sales Walter Crowder answers some of our questions here, but if you want more, be sure to visit Innovolt’s booth during CE… View this story

Jessica Camerato | 05/26 08:51 AM, 1 Comment

It happens all the time. Turn on an appliance and see the lights dim. It may last just a second, but it is in that instant that an entire home system could be disrupted. "There are power anomalies that are seldom protected against that make up for 99 percent of all power disturbances," explains Michael Maziar, sales and operations at Innovolt. "When you plug in a hair dryer, it dims the lights a little bit. Even if it's just in a flash, that can cause a current inrush to zap… View this story

Robert Archer | 04/09 06:21 AM, 10 Comments

John Cruz, master builder for the Fender Custom Shop, tore it up on stage with the CE Pro All Star Band, and turned heads with the reissue 1963 Fender Stratocaster he built. Custom installers that attended the EHX show’s CE Pro All-Star Band concert on March 25 were treated to a night of fun rock-and-roll, supercharged by the musical prowess of the veteran music industry pro. Cruz, a master guitar builder for the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Custom Shop division, has been a guitar player for decades and a Fender… View this story

Robert Archer | 04/09 04:28 AM, 0 Comments

One of the most competitive categories within the custom and specialty electronics market is power conditioning. Wanting to gain some attention for itself at the just completed EHX Spring 2010 show in Orlando, the Atlanta-based power conditioning company Innovolt decided it would mount an aggressive marketing campaign that would bring attention to its product line. With support from the EHX show staff, Tom Fritschi, regional sales manager for Innovolt, enlisted the help of his friend John Cruz, master builder for the Fender Custom Shop, and devised a promotion that leveraged… View this story

Walter Crowder | 03/31 06:44 AM, 1 Comment

There are many varieties of "power" products: surge suppressors, power conditioners, power stabilizers, power managers and more. Alone, very few of these provide the comprehensive protection your customer really needs. According to Innovolt's Dr. Deepak Divan, an authority on power grid technology, most surge suppression devices merely protect against the rare voltage surges caused by lightning strikes, which account for less than 1 percent of the occurrences that plague the grid. Innovolt has defined five major power grid disturbances that are known to take down A/V components. Knowing how to… View this story

Tom LeBlanc | 03/29 07:04 AM, 0 Comments

For the audience, attending the EHX CE Pro All-Star Band concert during EHX Spring 2010 in Orlando, Fla. was a can’t-lose situation. If the performance flopped, it still would have been entertaining since the band is made up of regular CE industry professionals — amateurs who happen to love performing music. If their performance rocked, well, then they were in for a good show. They definitely didn’t flop and definitely rocked. The show went off without a hitch and the band simply sounded great, covering dozens of class rock staples.… View this story

CE Pro Editors | 02/17 08:39 AM, 1 Comment

It’s Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy’s axe of choice, and soon it will likely be a CE Pro’s axe of choice. Courtesy of Innovolt, one lucky attendee will win a Fender Custom Shop reissue 1963 Fender Stratocaster at EHX Spring 2010. The company will hold a live drawing for the instrument at its booth (#213) on Saturday March 27 at 11 a.m. Innovolt, an Atlanta-based manufacturer of surge suppression and power conditioning devices, is also sponsoring the CE Pro EHX All-Star Band, which is an all-custom electronics industry… View this story