dedicated power line

And don't forget to put those little stands under all the wires.

01-28-11: Davetherave
"And don't forget to put those little stands under all the wires."

Davetherave, now that is just silly. How will the electrician get stands into the walls? My guess is he will just pull the Romex through holes in the wall studs and let the studs hold them up.

Or were you implying that taking steps to improve the power from the main panel (dedicated lines, isolation transformer, power filtering, reducing ground loops, avoiding induced ground voltages, spike/surge protection, outlets that make better contact) deliver the same demonstrated audio/video improvement as cable elevators?

DM
(tongue firmly in cheek)

I'm hoping someone can tell me about romex 10ga. vs. 10ga. wire that comes from a co. called Colonial, it says 600V on the wire. Will this wire do for dedicated lines? Thanks all for your responses.

Thank you all for this fantastic feedback. Reading through the above posts and other threads on this forum, i was thinking about running the following to my AV closet:
1 x 20 amp circuit terminated with a single receptacle; this will be used for by 12 channel ATI amp
1 x 15 amp circuit terminated with quad box; to be used for pre-amp, active crossover module for speakers and turntable
1 x 15 amp circuit terminated with quad box; used for DAC, Blu-ray
1 x 15 amp circuit terminated with quad box; used for TV, Mac Mini, Cable modem and external drives.

20 amp circuit to run with 10awg. All 4 circuits to be terminated on same leg at fuse box, opposite polarity to rest of house?

I'm hoping someone can tell me about romex 10ga. vs. 10ga. wire that comes from a co. called Colonial, it says 600V on the wire.
01-28-11: Phillykid

Phillykid,

Building wire for power, (120V up to and including 480V carries a 600 V rating. The conductors inside of the sheath of NM-B, Romex trade name, is THHN 600V insulation rated.

Sorry, I do not have any first hand knowledge of
Colonial Wire. If the wire is single conductor it should have the type of insulation used. THHN, THWN, XHHW....

JMHO, use solid core copper wire instead of stranded....