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| Marantz 8b power cord replacement jetter1,790 posts 04-30-2020 10:17am OK, amateur here, so those electronically oriented please advise if totally off the wall.Can’t you simply wrap the cord with electrician’s tape? Run it length wise along the cord and wrap around?If so, use a ... | |
| Marantz 8b power cord replacement If the power cord is 16 gauge then you could buy one of these and just cut off the IEC connector. It appears the Marantz 8B uses a 3.5 amp slow blow AC line fuse. Just a guess the full load amps of the Marantz amp is around 2.8 amps. #16 gauge cop... | |
| Equi=Core Hum & Other Issues There are 3 lines from the pole that run parallel to all the rowhomes; 2 heavy gauge, one thin cable. They are mounted to the rear wall and extend about 15" outward and 12" below the square weatherhead. Wow. Well, it sounds like the utility power... | |
| Equi=Core Hum & Other Issues CORRECTION: Next thing to look at closely...... Look closely how the two 240V insulated wires and the bare neutral conductor of the triplex are spliced, connected, terminated, to the two black insulated conductors and the bare neutral conductor th... | |
| Equi=Core Hum & Other Issues @lowrider57 Picture.https://www.pinterest.at/pin/160300067962784594/ The picture shows a typical fed overhead electrical service where the meter socket and mast pipe are surface mounted. (Yes I know yours is concealed with a semi- flush mount fron... | |
| Equi=Core Hum & Other Issues .There’s a water leak in the conduit from my roof down to the meter and the seal into the pan has worn away. Is the meter socket on the outside of the house? Is the meter socket surface mounted on the outside of the house? OR Is the meter socket ... | |
| Bias adjustment @ richfrank I know what I read on the VOM and it was reading 80 mA as it should be, Shouldn’t the bias be set at 75mA as the manual says? Bias Adjustment Set bias for both sides of the amplifier to 75mA As oldhvymec mentioned in his post is th... | |
| Bias adjustment @ richfrank I assume you still have the Cary SLI-80See page 12. It appears all you need is a plug and of course a multimeter. https://caryaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SLI-80_manual.pdf . | |
| Power Conditioners---old electrics in my house. danvignau357 posts 04-03-2020 5:28am If, and only if, you have an old house with crappy wiring, or a non-dedicated circuit with other things cycl9ing on and off, AND have amps without something in the design to gradually fill the big filter caps... | |
| Anyone try the new Synergistic Research Orange UEF Duplex? ’They’ can say anything ’They’ want.. That doesn’t mean ’They’ know what ’They’ are talking about. It is obvious the guy that wrote up the ad hasn’t a clue about building electrical grounding systems. georgehifi said: That’s great isn’t it, the ... | |
| Anyone try the new Synergistic Research Orange UEF Duplex? georgehifi6,926 posts 04-01-2020 12:23am I checked and their website said floating ground as tul32ley posted, The Orange Duplex starts with a new floating ground With a floating ground on all your audio equipment if something goes wrong, all ... | |
| Anyone try the new Synergistic Research Orange UEF Duplex? georgehifi6,923 posts 03-30-2020 3:08amThe Orange Duplex starts with a new floating ground Highly dangerous and illegal if in Australia.Can a US Electrical Engineer comment on the laws in the USA? georgehifi It’s just an IG (Isolated Ground) d... | |
| Line fault at the outlet -- do I need an electrician? @ hilde45 OP (If the plug on the power conditioner cord is a molded plug.)All you need to do is cut the plug off the cord that feeds the power conditioner and install a new plug. You will reverse the Hot and neutral wires of the cord on the new pl... | |
| Line fault at the outlet -- do I need an electrician? hilde45 OP303 posts 03-26-2020 11:12am The 4v issue is weird, because the multimeter does not read 4v on a properly wired outlet on a different circuit. Apple to oranges, imo. What is the wire gauge size of the other branch circuit? What is th... | |
| Line fault at the outlet -- do I need an electrician? @ hilde45 OP Yeah, you got a lot going on there. And all that on #14awg wire to boot. It’s been like that, I imagine, for many years and you didn’t know it. That is, unless the 15 amp breaker was tripping occasionally from being overloaded.You did... |