immatthewj
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| Isolated ground in dedicated room/new construction? @harpo75 , actually mine is a SLA-70B Signature, which may be the reason it has the bias pot and the bias jack accessible behind the transformers? That must have been a pita to bias! I don't remember what all the differences were with the Sign... | |
| Isolated ground in dedicated room/new construction? Another informational interesting thread. Among other things, this got me taking a look back in time at the manual for my first tube amp (which I stilt own & have owned for going on 30 years,a Cary SLA 70B) and under "GND" the manual states t... | |
| To couple, or not to couple, that is the question How about for monitors on stands? Between the stand & floor or between stand & speaker? | |
| Dedicated circuits @jea48 , thank you for clarifying that for us. | |
| Dedicated circuits where to buy a magnetic breaker? @gp4jesus , what I was getting at is I think that the problem is going to be, if for legal reasons you feel constrained to have the brand of your CB match your box, that magnetic CBs may not be available in th... | |
| Dedicated circuits In my limited experience in my previous & current domiciles, I think the wrong brand bracket won’t fit/work. @gp4jesus you might be right, I don’t do much of this, but once upon a time I was warned that (as an example) putting a GE circui... | |
| Dedicated circuits @gp4jesus for homeowners insurance purposes, make sure that you use the same brand of breaker that your box is. | |
| Microphonic from Vacuum Tubes? Tube(s) getting too hot….all you have to do is wait for pop then generously spray all the tubes with water. The bad tube(s) will obviously be obscured by a cloud of vapor. Seriously? @sevestan , you are joking, right? | |
| Dedicated circuits @mesch and @everyone else who took the time to clarify this concept for me--thank you. I may be a little bit dyslectic when it comes to this stuff--the way I was seeing it was that with a 20A outlet & 12-2 connecting it to the box, I had a 20A... | |
| Dedicated circuits . . . you see, my misunderstanding was that I was considering the outlet part of the Romex. In other words, since is legit to run heavier Romex in a circuit than what the breaker is rated for, I was thinking that the same would apply to the outlet... | |
| Primaluna or not Primaluna Buy the PL, and call it a day. I mean, we’re talking EIGHT EL 34’a I’m in heaven with 4. I can’t imagine 8 of them! Winged C Soviets is all you need. Trust me. @coltrane1 , I didn't know that Svetlanta Winged Cs could still be found? | |
| Dedicated circuits Thank you, @jea48 . FWIW, what you did is electrically safe,... It just doesn’t meet code. I am putting the 20A breakers back in tomorrow. In the event of a catastrophe, even an unrelated catastrophe, I'd rather meet code and not be trying t... | |
| Dedicated circuits Thank you, @bigtwin , and a 20A outlet really isn't really rated to carry more current than a 15A outlet . . . the 15A outlet just does NOT have the 'T' and that is only a saftey feature. Am I understanding that correctly? | |
| Dedicated circuits Thank you, @bigtwin and @builder3 Okay, the 20A breakers are going back in. I believe that one of the misconceptions I had was that the 20A outlet was actually a heavier duty outlet built to safely carry more current than a 15A outlet . . . that ... | |
| Dedicated circuits You can plug numerous items into a 15A receptacle that exceed 15 amps, portable heaters come to mind. My Skilsaw. The outlet is undersized for the circuit, and the potential load(s). @builder3 wouldn’t one be better off if the outlet was oversi... |