Amp Shutting Down, need help

Hi 'Cappy.

Just to confirm; you're stating that the Cary still shuts down after 20 seconds without *any* cables connected except the power cord? If so, please bare with me with the following request:

Can you please re-confirm that your wall outlet(s) are wired and grounded correctly. You stated you're getting 118 volts between the HOT (smaller slot) and NEUTRAL (larger slot), and no stray voltage between the NEUTRAL and GROUND. Assuming your smaller slot is wired HOT, measure the voltage between it and the GROUND. If your apartment is wired correctly within the breaker box, you should read the same 118 volts as well since the NEUTRAL and GROUND should be connected together within the breaker box in most areas (I believe). *Some* equipment topologies require a properly polarized and grounded source to operate, hence, not to assume all is right even though other equipment designs will operate.

Please advise,

Great idea's.
1. Synergistic Research Powercell 10se MKII and the Cary will not work if it plugged into it or not.

2. The Cary will not work if it has all the speaker and interconnects attached or even if all the cables are not attached. As a matter of reference all of my interconnects and speaker cables are Crystal Cable Micro's.

3. I am using a 20 amp Maestro outlet.

Any other thoughts?

What speaker cable are you using? Many solid state amps will not respond well to high capacitance speaker cable -- some will go into "protection" mode, as yours is doing. Speaking very generally, many flat cables and many skinny/round cables are high capacitance.

A line conditioner, my Classe' CA400 will not run off the crap that comes out of my wall either in my apartment.