erik_squires
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| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing Well done Erik, @oldelectricalinspector Thank you! installing a gfci under the counter technically violates the readily accessible rule. In this particular under-sink installation it certainly would have!! Forget testing though, in the ev... | |
| Why do records made from digital sources sound good? I think perhaps the answer is the same as why do tube preamps make everything better? I am not saying everyone feels that way, but it's certainly true for many. Regardless of the source, analog, tape, digital, a tube preamp could be the sugar in... | |
| Digital isolation between Ethernet hub and streamer Don't most good servers/streamers also provide some form of isolation? @mitch2 - Galvanic isolation is required for Ethernet signals, but due to how capacitors may be used across the coils isolation could be improved on a bit. Personally I'm ... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing This is an interesting discussion, the first appliance requirement for gfci was for dishwashers . The substantiation for the dishwasher requirement was manufactures could not meet the safety requirements for leakage current. @oldelectricalinspe... | |
| Duracell 660 Powerstation to Run my System off of the mains? The issue is always how much electrical noise these units create. One way or another devices with "sine wave output" have noise and distortion on the outputs. They are essentially class D amplifiers which generate a 120V RMS output plus some amoun... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing Many of us feel power amps sound best when plugged directly into the wall outlets. But these amps tend to have good internal protection. @hickamore I’ve never seen such an amplifier. At best I’ve seen an MOV or two in there. Obviously whole... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing New, properly wired AFCIs are quite stable regardless of load plugged into them. AFCI breakers that trip all the time probably have their neutrals crosswired. @devinplombier Well, my experience is limited to the 20 I have here, and I’ve never... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing @oldelectricalinspector - Very interesting, as the only appliance I can think of in the kitchen that would have issues with the GFCI everywhere requirement is a refrigerator. | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing @carlsbad2 - It wasn't just California. Buildings before the 1990's were woefully under circuited by today's standards all over the country. 60 Amp services and overloaded fuse boxes were common. | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing @curiousjim Man that was one old dryer !! 🤣 I think the expansive, new GFCI requirements come into play with new constrution where the 2023 code is adopted. I just checked and my state is still on 2020. A new plug would not force a new breaker ... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing Per NEC 2023 all outlets in a kitchen shall be GFCI protected @jea48 dammit, you are correct!! This may be a code requirement I ignore ...😅 Seriously though, my previous fridge would trip the GFCI at least twice daily so I hope this means mod... | |
| Magico - Wide vs. Narrow @audiokinesis Thanks for that input. See I keep thinking about Snell’s downward firing cone and the behavior that the 3-4" high slot would have. Not that I can replicate it in my current listening environment, but still find very few speakers with... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing The Siemens Type 2 SPD is too far from the panel. It should be mounted close to the panel enclosure using a close nipple, or chase nipple. I’m afraid I agree with @jea48 ’s assessment. I wasn’t going to say anything. An alternative of course is... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing @61falcon Do they still have exceptions e.g. single receptacle, non GFCI for sump pump or freezer to reduce possibility of ghost trip? Refrigerators can still trip a GFCI outlet, but are not excluded. In other words the outlets need to be 6'... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing I’m in Missouri and have never heard of needing whole house anything and I can use a 29cent receptacle anywhere except for within 6’ of water. @curiousjim In terms of outlets, that’s pretty much still true but where some kitchen appliances were... |