In 1983 JUICE GOOSE was the first company to provide AC power conditioning for the professional audio industry. Today the company maintains a reputation as an innovative producer of electric power management products for several commercial markets in the United States and overseas.

About Us

AC power distribution, conditioning and control.

Juice Goose Juice Goose (R) is an innovative, customer driven company that manufactures and distributes electric power distribution, conditioning and control equipment.

Founded in 1983: Juice Goose was the first company to provide voltage regulation products specifically for the audio industry. Since then the company has developed and maintained a reputation as an important, reliable supplier of electric power management products for the commercial audio video market in the United States. 

Juice Goose is dedicated to providing top quality products and unflinching customer service. Accessible technical support and available product inventory are the keys to Juice Goose performance. In addition to active, direct customer contacts we service our markets though a network of professional, independent sales representatives which supports our efforts in all major US geographic territories.

The reliability, performance and innovation of Juice Goose as a young company attracted a long list of noteworthy clients. We are proud of the many well known performers who have been supported by Juice Goose. A unofficial list includes:

Early 1990s: Juice Goose developed a presence in the commercial audio market with the introduction of a new line of power sequencing and control products. We made these products easy to install, convenient to use and reliable. Turning on equipment in another location became as easy as pushing a button. Sequencing the turn on and turn off became automatic.

Mid 1990s: Juice Goose entered the telecommunications market with a line of DC power distribution products. Telecommunications customers were added including OEMs, contract equipment installers, distributors, independent telephone operators, fiber optic long distance carriers and government agencies, in the US, South America, the Philippines and India.

2000s: With the increased presence of electronic technology in sports and entertainment venues, sound amplification has become a bigger part of the entertainment experience. Juice Goose PD Series power distribution became an established choice for contractors in major theme parks and iconic sports facilities around the country, including:

During the two decades Juice Goose added UPS battery support products to its commercial AV market offerings. These include a broad selection of line interactive and true on-line models, rack or tower mounted in sizes from 350 VA to 3,000 VA. 

RX Series surge protection was introduced in this decade. The performance of that tecnology has been tested and proven to limit ground line surges to only 500 millivolts. The company has also continued introduction of innovative web based power control products that can be accessed via several data communications platforms. 

More new Juice Goose products are on the way. And, as always, we will back them with a disciplined manufacturing process and unflinching customer support.

Juice Goose Statement of Corporate Values

We believe our first responsibility is to our customers. In order to be able to conform to our other standards of performance we must be economically viable. So, in order to be competitive in meeting customers' needs everything we do must be of high quality. We must constantly strive to reduce our costs in order to maintain reasonable prices. Customers' orders must be serviced promptly and accurately. Our suppliers and distributors must support us in this effort. 

We are responsible to our employees.Everyone must be considered as an individual. We must respect their dignity and recognize their merit.They must have a sense of security in their jobs. Compensation must be fair and adequate, and working conditions clean, orderly and safe. We must be mindful of ways to help our employees fulfill their family responsibilities. Employees must feel free to make suggestions and complaints. There must be equal opportunity for employment, development and advancement for those qualified.

We must provide competent management, and their actions must be just and ethical. 

We are responsible to the communities in which we live and work and to the world community as well. We must be good citizens, support good works and charities and bear our fair share of taxes. We must encourage civic improvements and better health and education. We must maintain in good order the property we are privileged to use, protecting the environment and natural resources.

Our final responsibility is to our stockholders. Business must make a sound profit. We must experiment with new ideas. Research must be carried on, innovative programs developed and mistakes paid for. New equipment must be purchased, new facilities provided and new products launched. Reserves must be created to provide for adverse times. When we operate according to these principles, the stockholders should realize a fair return.

This statement was adapted from the Johnson & Johnson corporate Credo.

CLICK HERE to download cable assembly and interconnection information.

RJ-45 cable is used to provide a communication link between two CQ Series products. Once this cable is connected, two CQ Series devices operate in a plug-and-play manner and will turn on and off in the prescribed order.

While this cable is the same component used to assemble CAT5 and CAT6 cables, orientation of the connectors on the CQ Series cable is slightly different than for the CAT data networking cable. Therefore, standard CAT5 or CAT6 cables will not work with CQ Series devices.

Pin Orientation for CQ Cables

Pin orientation for CQ Cables conforms to standard telephone design, rather than data network design. In this telephone configuration, Pin #1 on one side of the cable is Pin #8 on the other. After crimping a RJ45 connector on one end of the eight wire cable, attach a connector on the other end "upside down" from the first so that when the connectors are placed side by side the wire orientation will appear as shown in the above illustration. Check the cable with a continuity tester prior to installation.

There is no known distance limit for the connection CQ units by means of this cable system. The CQ signal is not sensitive to voltage changes or frequency interference.

Remote Switch Connection

Although a Juice Goose CQ Series product can be remote controlled with a Juice Goose RC-5 accessory or another CQ device, it can also be remote activated with a simple contact closure using a switch or relay. The following instructions are provided to assist with this configuration. This information is also useful for assembling interface wiring going to and from the RJ type cable specified for the CQ system.

In the illustration below, connecting a single pole, double throw (SPDT) switch to the signal input line of a CQ Series device will control the sequence up and down activity. Closing Pin 3 to Pin 7 will begin a sequence UP. Closing Pin 4 to Pin 7 will begin a sequence DOWN. Closing both 3 and 4 to 7 will PAUSE. the sequence process. The control switch on the chassis will be inoperative, except for the Manual On feature, when there is such a contact closure on the input line.

Single Pole
Double Throw
Latching Switch

PIN Assignments

The chart below shows assigned values and functions for each of the eight pins on the RJ45 connectors on the CQ Series Signal Input and Output. Note: although there are eight pins, only the middle six are being used. This information may be used to connect a latching contact (as per the diagram on the previous page), for diagnostics or to design a non-conventional control or monitor component.

Pin assignments are correct when viewed from the outside of the chassis.

AC power surges and interference can enter electronic systems through two different pathways or "modes”. Power conditioning devices are designed to be comprehensive solutions to such problems while single purpose surge protectors such as series mode devices are designed to be functional for a limited set of AC power problems.

Normal Mode power disturbances enter the computer using the path provided by the line (hot) and neutral conductors. Normal mode disturbances are most often associated with lightning, utility grid switching, facility load cycling, and similar events. Large normal mode events are relatively rare but can cause power supply or other hardware failures.

Common Mode power disturbances occur between ground and either line or neutral. Such events occur frequently. They may not be as dramatic or destructive as normal mode surges. But, their affect on electronic equipment operation can be significant.

Juice Goose RX Series power conditioning products protect against major voltage spikes and surges as well as more frequent and less visible ground line (common mode) disturbances. Ground line protection is important because very low levels of common mode interference can disrupt the operation of a digital processor based electronic equipment such as communication equipment, digital signal processors (DSPs) and computers. Unreliable operation, lockups, and "soft” failures occur far more frequently because of ground line interference than hardware damage from normal mode surges.

Power problems affect your system in three different ways:

Destruction:

A large power disturbance literally "blows up” or destroys a trace on a circuit board or a semiconductor device (e.g. transistor or integrated circuit). Destructive disturbances can enter an electronic system via either normal or common mode, but are most often associated with normal mode pathways. Destructive power disturbances are the easiest to identify since they leave visible evidence of their occurrence – smoke, soot, and charred components. Establishing cause and effect is easy with destructive events.

Degradation:

Lower amplitude power disturbances enter an electronic system and affect a semiconductor at a microscopic level. Solid state junctions are designed to operate at small voltages. Degrading power disturbances often exceed the voltage tolerances of the material. Erosion of the semiconductor material occurs (much like rust damages metal) leaving less of the semiconductor material to handle the current needs of the circuit. Higher operating temperatures are the result. Damage from degrading events tends to be cumulative. Eventually so much damage occurs that the semiconductor junction experiences "thermal runaway” and fails. Establishing cause and effect may be difficult or impossible since there are no visible failure indications.

Disruption:

Binary logic of digital processors operates on strings of 1s and 0s based on very rapid fluctuations of low voltage. Very small common mode power disturbances can mimic actual logic signals causing the computer system to make incorrect decisions. Disruption also occurs when neutral to ground voltages become excessive.

The semiconductor industry published recognized guidelines on the maximum levels of normal mode and common mode (ground) power disturbances that should be present in the semiconductor environment. Their guidelines clearly state that power disturbances up to those described in ANSI-IEEE C62.41 (maximum 6000 volt) must be reduced to less than 10.0 (ten) volts for normal mode surges and 0.50 (one-half) volt for common mode surges.

The only way to limit power disturbances on normal and common mode to the levels recommended by the semiconductor industry is through the use of a specialized power conditioner. Ordinary surge protection devices, even so-called "series mode" devices, do not have that capability.

OPTIONAL SNMP CONTROL

Juice Goose developed a subset of the iP Series products that can be controlled with an SNMP command platform. Those products include iP1515-SNMP, iP1520-SNMP and iPPD1-4-SNMP.

Pricing for the -SNMP products is the same as for the standard iP Series models.

Note: those models can ONLY be controlled via SNMP or RS232. Unlike the standard iP Series models, they can not be controlled via HTML, UDP or TCP. They also lack the current (amperage) monitoring feature of the standard iP Series models.

Simple Network Management Protocol is an Internet-standard protocol for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on networks and for modifying that information to change device behavior. In this context, the Juice Goose iP Series power distribution unit acts as a managed device in the SNMP network.

The only SNMP command structure currently supported for the iP-SNMP models is SNMPSET. That package is part of a Linux operating system, but must be added to Windows by downloading the command suite from http://www.net-snmp.org

For additional information about the SNMP versions of these products
download the iP 15 Series SNMP Manual.