AC POWER DISTRIBUTOR/POWER CABLE VERSUS DEDICATED

Hello.
Here is the question: do I spend my hard earned money on power distributor/power cable($600) of do I get the electrician to install a 30 amps dedicated circuit ($400)for my system?
Thoughts?
Thank you.

rockanroller10-09-2015 1:27am

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cleeds Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,092 posts 10-09-2015 at 11:01am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete What kind of equipment do you have that requires a 30A line? That's unusually high for home use.
cleeds Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,092 posts 10-10-2015 at 01:02pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete 10-09-15: Yogiboy A dedicated 20 amp (2400 watts) circuit is more than enough for anything you would ever use ... One amp = 120 watts,so you can do the math and you will see that you will never need any more than that. Oh no, this is completely mistaken. That's because no amplifier is 100% efficient. Look at a Bryston 4B amp, for example. This nominally a 300W/channel amp, but it draws 2100 watts of AC when driven hard at 4 ohms. So if you're running high-power amps, you'll want a 20A dedicated line for each, plus at least one more line for your source components.

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