jea48
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| Wrapping power cords and interconnects with copper foil. @richardbrand Said: Consider whether the RFI carried by power cords is actually generated by the components they power, not by the wall supply! Much more plausible ... Agree. . | |
| Wrapping power cords and interconnects with copper foil. Can’t say I have seen, ever used, unshielded phono interconnects from the TT to the phono preamp. . . @tubelvr1 said: @carlsbad2 no didn’t ground it, just wrapped it with self adhesive foil. Seems to work wonders. It doesn’t need to be grou... | |
| New Electrical Circuit @puffbojie said: My understanding is when connecting the amplifier to a 20-amp circuit that the amplifier will draw only the current it requires. That is correct. . Regarding the 20 amp circuit, vs a 15 amp circuit, would you not need a 20 ... | |
| Why does Audiogon need my phone number to send private messages @paulcreed Said: Anytime I log in they have to send me a text, how do I get my phone number off there list. Does that mean I can’t post anything without a text by.audiogon You don’t need to remove your phone number. Go to your Edit Account pa... | |
| New Electrical Circuit 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? @devinplombier Not a simple question to answer. Best answer I can give is, ... | |
| New Electrical Circuit @puffbojie My electrical box is outside. Can they encase the (Southwire Armorlite 125-ft 10/2 Solid Aluminum MC (Metal Clad) Cable) inside metal conduit for the outside portion for weather proofing? Not really. The electrician can use a, (ex... | |
| New Electrical Circuit @jea48 Do you normally specify isolated ground and is that why you recommend MC? @devinplombier For a residential house I never recommend an isolated ground. It would not serve any purpose what so ever. FYI even in commercial and ind... | |
| New Electrical Circuit @puffbojie The electricians have it scheduled for 15 amp circuit. My guess, the electrician you are hiring is not an audiophile. He is basing his install of a 15 amp branch circuit on bare minimum electrical code. Electrical code could care l... | |
| Interconnect Break In? A load is needed to complete a circuit for current to travel in the circuit from the source through the load back to the source. No load, no current. No current no electromagnetic fields. Does a closed circuit exist if the preamp is powered off? ... | |
| Interconnect Break In? Does the preamp need to be on? As @ozzy said there needs to be signal passing from the source to a load. Load is the Preamp in this case. Naturally the preamp would need to have the input selected for the CDP. Could the preamp be set to the inpu... | |
| Determining wire phase The wires in my subwoofer are yellow and white. I’m trying to figure out which lead is the positive, which is the negative. @steakster As for the woofer speaker polarity: Use a 1.5Vdc C or a D cell battery. Press either one the two wires on t... | |
| Unplugging power cords from amps/ pre amps . The normal surge testing is at 5kV, which is believed to be the maximum voltage a home could receive from the electric grid. That is according to Wirecutter which is not correct. Wirecutter may use 5kV... The actual recognized testing volta... | |
| Sagging power plugs in wall outlet, diy @fastfreight Great to hear the cable support worked out for you. Cheap to build too. Even fun... Placing the cup exactly where you want it is a pain. Especially when you used Epoxy. I made three small pencil marks on the plate for installing th... | |
| Resolving Hum with Battery Back-up (EcoFlow) vs Power Conditioners: success vs failure @thaluza Thanks for the kind words. | |
| Resolving Hum with Battery Back-up (EcoFlow) vs Power Conditioners: success vs failure mark200mph 60 posts 04-07-2024 at 05:17am Carlsbad2 is it possible to bypass the ground at the breaker box and run a big earthen spike into the earth and wrap copper wire around much like a lightning rod then run it to you grou... |