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| New electrical wiring specifications @dhite71 said: My next project is to run a new circuit to my music room. I have 12/2 now and am going to move the receptacle to a better location and change to 10/2. I watched a video with Michael Fremer a few years ago and he said all his equ... | |
| New electrical wiring specifications @ditusa Said: Dedicated audio lines I would go with Type MC Galvanized Steel Metal Clad Cable 10/2 with insulated ground. It has better EMI and EF shielding versus Non Metallic cable I agree on the use of MC (Metal Clad) armored cable. I’m jus... | |
| lightning storm @hifidream said: I was living in a loft apartment at the time in the end unit of five in a row. I don’t know if the building was grounded properly. There is an unknown. A lot of variables. Age of the CATV coaxial cabling installation the bigge... | |
| New electrical wiring specifications EDIT to my above post. For some reason #4 Web link no longer works 4) 120Hz buzz (Make sure volume is turned down first) Here is the Link. (Turn down your volume first.) 120 Hz Ground Hum SOUND . | |
| New electrical wiring specifications @skyy92677 said: I too just completed a new home build with a dedicated audio room. New house. I had a master electrician here 3 times now to no avail. We installed a second earth ground rod on the panel which he claimed should fix it, it di... | |
| lightning storm What the tech was referring to is that lightning potential seeks a path to ground, and will find the lowest insulated point to go through. Lightning is non discriminating. It will take any path that is provided to earth. The lower the soil to... | |
| lightning storm My system was hit by lightening, it traveled through the coax cable line into my video processor via HDMI and then hit my projector. I had everything on quality surge protectors but it didn’t matter. The electrician I took the equipment to for in... | |
| lightning storm EMI damage? Recently my F150 sat next to a pine tree that took a hit. $5k damages to the electrical. Luckily no damage to my HT/music system however my modem & charger to my laptop did not fare so well. I don’t think the damage was caused b... | |
| lightning storm You should have immediately unplugged your audio system from the wall outlet. It's possible slight damage may have occurred to some circuit board traces. It's called electronic rust. I would suggest you unplugged your audio system from the wall... | |
| Tripp Lite? FWIW, I bought my Tripp Lite ISOBAR6 ULTRA SPD/conditioners in 2020. They have the fuse protection. I personally would only buy new factory fresh SPD/Power Conditioner. Never used or reconditioned. FWIW, it should be noted that Am... | |
| Tripp Lite? Premium Safety Features Automatic shutoff permanently cuts power to outlets if protection circuit is incapacitated, preventing equipment damage and indicating replacement is required Tripp Lite series Isobar 8-Outlet Surge Protector Internal... | |
| Power Help - What Conditioner - WHERE? Correction: (Note, I did say neutral contact on the BPTs outlet. As you know both contacts on the outlet are fed with Hot ungrounded legs, Lines.) Should read: (Note, I did not say neutral contact on the BPTs outlet. As you know both contacts... | |
| Tripp Lite? @jhm007 said: "...It depends on how high the overvoltage event is." Trying to get any real info from SCE is a challenge! I defer to my post above on 06-28-2025 at 09:03am The Power Company should have a rec... | |
| Power Help - What Conditioner - WHERE? @steakster said: My system is configured the exact same way as my suggestion. Two balanced power conditioners, a non-current limiting conditioner - on 3 separate circuits. It’s been like that for 7 years. No problems. No blown fuses. Soun... | |
| Power Help - What Conditioner - WHERE? @steakster said: Basic set-up 101: - Plug the digital components into the BPT 3.5 balanced power conditioner. Plug this conditioner into the 15amp circuit. The digital components don’t draw much load. . - Plug the analog components into th... |