Hi,
I just happen to be an electrician. I just finished wiring a high end audio store with two home theatre showrooms. I also have done some audio trouble shooting for people in their homes. I don't claim to know as much as the last two guys. Some of that stuff is out of my league. Very clean power to say the least. Here's what I put in for a $100,000.00 theatre system. I like using a dedicated hot with a dedicated neutral and a isolated ground at each outlet that demands up to 10 amps. Using a 20 amp circuit with a 20 amp IG recptacle(orange). If your less than 150' from the panel I wouldn't worry about voltage drop #12 wire is fine.
If your more than 200' from your panel or do not have adequte room for more breakers I would add a seperate panel near your theatre 80 amps 240 volts will run a good size system, Make sure to add an isolated ground bar in the panel. Then ground to a seperate ground rod independent of your service ground. That will establish clean ground through your system. Tie all your recptacle grounds to the iso grd system. run dedicated 20 amp circuits to all primary power locations. Sub woofer, mono blocks, plasma screens, projector and at least two to your gear. That may sound like a lot of circuits and a hell of a lot of neutrals. Your electrician might even scratch his head over the isolated ground if he is not well versed in electronic installations. But when installed correctly this configuration works dynamite. I do it this way every time.
With much success.
I just happen to be an electrician. I just finished wiring a high end audio store with two home theatre showrooms. I also have done some audio trouble shooting for people in their homes. I don't claim to know as much as the last two guys. Some of that stuff is out of my league. Very clean power to say the least. Here's what I put in for a $100,000.00 theatre system. I like using a dedicated hot with a dedicated neutral and a isolated ground at each outlet that demands up to 10 amps. Using a 20 amp circuit with a 20 amp IG recptacle(orange). If your less than 150' from the panel I wouldn't worry about voltage drop #12 wire is fine.
If your more than 200' from your panel or do not have adequte room for more breakers I would add a seperate panel near your theatre 80 amps 240 volts will run a good size system, Make sure to add an isolated ground bar in the panel. Then ground to a seperate ground rod independent of your service ground. That will establish clean ground through your system. Tie all your recptacle grounds to the iso grd system. run dedicated 20 amp circuits to all primary power locations. Sub woofer, mono blocks, plasma screens, projector and at least two to your gear. That may sound like a lot of circuits and a hell of a lot of neutrals. Your electrician might even scratch his head over the isolated ground if he is not well versed in electronic installations. But when installed correctly this configuration works dynamite. I do it this way every time.
With much success.