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During our time off the air, Hank was busy evaluating a couple products.
The GoldX PowerCore System is a multifunction electrical component base system. It allows you to integrate most electrical and computer interfaces. The purpose of the product is to eliminate electrical and computer peripheral wiring. It is a modular system. The base unit is a power supply with 4 AC outlets. It has an alarm that goes off when there is an electrical surge. Within it you can place two surge power interchangeable modules. Hank tested it with an Ethernet and Telephone surge modules. The modules stack on top of each other and they are electrically connected to each other so that you don't need a separate electrical cable for each module.
There are modules for USB broadband, USB hub, FireWire hub, USB port replicator, Ethernet switch, memory card readers, DSL router and more. Hank found that the unit does not run hot, but has a big problem. The AC outlets were clustered together. Some large transformers wont fit.
When the surge protector is blown, electricity is cut off to all the devices. Hank considered this a negative, but some people would consider it a positive because it protects your devices, they are never running without surge protection. The alarm is very loud and sounds like that of a smoke alarm.