. . . since we are already off topic, I'll go on to say that whenever I work underneath one of my vehicles (which I do frequently) I do a real THOROUGH job of supporting it. Going out that way is also high up on my list of ways not to, although I would prefer it to being buried alive in a box. Thinking of working for an extended period of time in 18" of crawlspace made me think of that. The crawlspace, however, would trigger my claustrophobia while being underneath a vehicle doesn't.
A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks
And I realize that there are those that don’t believe in either
Assuming you use a power conditioner and after market power cords, do you feel that the power cord from the power conditioner to the wall might be a limiting or even a negating factor to the performance of the after market power cords that run from the power conditioner to the gear?
The reason I ask is that I was about to embark upon some more experimentation with different power cords and where I plugged them into when I discovered that the aftermarket cords I had purchased before and some recent arrivals are actually a meter shorter than the ones that came with the gear. This doesn’t matter for the amp due to its location, but when I did my last power cord upgrade I ran my CDP and pre into a conditioner so the length for those didn’t matter either, but as I was doing the musical chairs with power cords thing today, I also was intending to run the CDP and pre straight into the wall on separate dedicated circuits, but I found out that I am a tad short on those two.
Which doesn’t preclude me from moving my dedicated circuit outlets up a couple of feet, and I suppose I probably will, but I was curious as to the opinions about the limitations of a power conditioners power cord.
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. . . staying off topic, @devinplombier , this all made me think of another movie I saw a while back ago, and I had to do a google because I forgot the name of it, but it was The Last Descent. Anyway, it was apparently based on factual events that occurred in 2009 in a cave in Utah when two brothers were out spelunking together and one of them decided to go down a tunnel that led just about straight down (as in inverted) where he got stuck and (after doing another google) spent 27 hours before expiring. And as I remember from the movie, he was so stuck that they never did recover his body as the risk of collapse of the cave would have been too great. I remember watching that and being overcome by my own claustrophobia. |
@immatthewj sorry, I do understand that you already have multiple dedicated AC lines in place. What I should have said is that it sounds like you have decided to configure those to use in place of your glorified power strip. My main general point was that there are much more glorified power strips available now, and much more glorified cables available to connect them to the wall, and that those cables can make a very big difference. My snarky comment about 12 AWG vs 10 AWG AC supply wire is based on personal experience. YMMV. Running separate lines as you have should reduce any issues. And yes, running 10 gauge wire through ceilings and walls is more difficult than 12 gauge. |
@knownothing , thanks for clarifying. And I didn't take anything negative from the 12/10 river of denial comment. And now that I see what you are getting at, yes, what I think I am going achieve first is running my gear straight to the wall with nothing in between. And sorry if I may have came off as sounding terse about it. And whether or not I will swap out those runs of 12-2 that I put in for 10 is up in the air. |
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