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question about installation of 20 amp wall plug
Kedoades, As for the 20 receptacle it did not cause your problem.If you have a volt meter I suggest you check the voltage and polarity at the recept.Small straight slot contact is the Hot."T" shaped slot is the neutral."U" shape hole contact the s... 
DIY PC Shield Drain Confusion?
Usually connected to the power source end, the plug.... 
Buzzing when VCR connected to TV
Theo,Question is do you have a CATV cable connected to the TV?If so disconnect the CATV cable from the TV or CATV cable box and see if the buzz/hum stops. If it does the problem is a ground loop caused by the CATV cable system grounding.Is the sou... 
Leviton Hospital Grade AC Outlet - Which One?
Hubbell HBL 8200H and HBL8300H non plated. (See page 10)8200H 15 amp8300H 20 ampGuts are the same, 20 amp rated. Only the faceplate is different.. 
Questions About Photos of VTA
This may help as well.http://www.walkeraudio.com/fine_tuning_your_turntable.htm. 
Time Needed to Break In Tubes Properly Breakin
06-07-09: Glory5/6 hrs. tops.?http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1233982085&openusid&zzJea48&4&5#Jea48. 
RF interference through my phono stage.
Chris_383,If the RFI is something that has started lately and seems to have gotten worse the problem could be simply a corroded signal ground connection on an ic or even a signal ground pin connection on the cartridge. Try unplugging and plugging ... 
Variac vs. Isolation vs. Balanced Transformer? ALL
06-03-09: Undertow.... actually this is a "Balanced transformer" so it will output if there is no loss 128 volts / 2 = 64 volts to the hot and 64 volts to the neutral on the duplex.Balanced is a fancy word for split phase..... The same type of tra... 
Variac vs. Isolation vs. Balanced Transformer? ALL
Gbart, well hopefully there is no loss! But for some reason there is a claim of up to like 5% maybe saturation or something with most transformers? Still it should be better due to obviously cutting the voltage in half on and spreading on 2 phases... 
Variac vs. Isolation vs. Balanced Transformer? ALL
Undertow,128V is pretty high. You must go through a lot of burned out light bulbs.Are you sure the volt meter you are using is giving you a correct reading of the voltage? Is the meter displaying true RMS or peak? I am looking to keep the system ... 
How to Attach Spade 10 AWG Solid Copper
Mechanical crimping of lugs or sleeves over solid core wire will loosen and fail with any physical movement of the connection. If you use a standard crimping tool I would recommend you solder the lug to the solid #10 wire after crimping. Make sure... 
New Electrial Wiring..
I am have an electrician pull (3) circuits into my "media room", a 20amp for my Bryston 28BSST, a 15amp for the rest of the audio set up and a 15amp for the HT set up...Just my 2 cents, use the same wire gauge for all three dedicated circuits. If ... 
What power conditioners can convert 230v to 120v?
Jea48, not so in my experience05-15-09: DetlofQuote from Link:7. Noise Transformers make noise. This is not only the electrical noise that is created by the nasty current waveform through the windings, diodes and into the filter capacitors, but ac... 
What power conditioners can convert 230v to 120v?
Vamrhein,The biggest problem you will run into is the power frequency. Australia power is 50 HZ.... Check the US equipment, if it is not 50/60 HZ rated you could find the equipment is not a bargain after all.60 HZ only power transformers will hum ... 
How do you shield an isolation transformer?
Krell_man, Just my 2 cents you do not have a magnetic field problem with the transformer. I would not install the transformer in a sealed enclosure. That could cause overheating of the transformer and damage the insulation on the windings.