New Electrical Circuit


I have an older house with open circuits so I am wiring a new dedicated circuit for my audio gear.  Before I do so, would it be very advantageous to bump up the quality of the outlet and / or wiring to improve quality or is this overkill? Has anyone done this in the past and what would you recommend? 

puffbojie

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would putting a 4 -6 outlet plug be better or even needed? I’m not sure if the high end outlets typically go up to 4 or 6.

One standard receptacle has two outlets. If you need 4 or 6 outlets you’ll be using, respectively, 2 or 3 receptacles. You’re using the same receptacle "unit" regardless of how many outlets.

Multiple receptacles in one box should be bussed rather than daisy-chained. Receptacles should always be wired at their screw terminals, NEVER backstabbed (although for some unfathomable reason backstabbing is still Code-compliant in the US).

Enjoy!

 

@jea48 ​​​​​

Do you normally specify isolated ground and is that why you recommend MC?

@jea48 

Thank you, that makes sense.

Between (a) running 3 separate homeruns to the panel as mentioned above, and (b) a single homerun powering a subpanel in the listening room, which would you recommend?