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New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement

Hello,

Newbie here and electrical idiot. Just moved to a new to us house in Tampa. Before we moved in I had an electrician put in a dedicated line (has it's own breaker switch) which is 10 gauge and two Furutech GTX-D outlets - Rhodium.

When I hooked up the EMI meter in my old house, which didn't have a dedicated line, the reading was usually around 26 or so IIRC. At the new house the outlets are 89 usually and the dedicated line is usually around 82 - so not much help for the cost of the "project" and pretty noisy.

Also, when the ac /hvac is running the meter reads about 100 points higher (!) for both the regular outlets and the dedicated Furutechs. Not good.

Thoughts? Does the dedicated line need it's own breaker box? 

I'm also considering a line conditioner but wanted to see what could be done here. Thanks.

laynes

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cakyol
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Did you really think a dedicated line would make an improvement ?

Properly designed electronics INTERNALLY has all the necessary filters & mechanisms necessary to generate a good enough & acceptable DC.  Nothing external is needed.

The only requirement from the mains is that it is reasonably sinusoidal so the transformers work properly, and the voltage stays within a reasonable range.

Unless you are driving synchronous motors, even the frequency deviation does not matter so much, as long as the frequency does not drop below a number which causes the transformers to heat up.  Besides, not even the WORST mains supply in any country does not have fluctuating frequency to such a degree.

 

 

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