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| Ground Loop(?) leads to blow speaker solobone22 OP 7 posts 04-24-2019 11:04am I have a Klein Tools MM300. I set the meter to 200m and tested the RCA output touching the positive line inside the connector and the negative line to the outer barrel.The left channel read 1.0.The right ... | |
| Ground Loop(?) leads to blow speaker gregdude 51 posts 04-23-2019 10:52pm A ground loop would be characterized as a hum. What you say you heard was a buzz, that blew out a woofer, almost definitely DC Not always. Not if there are higher frequency harmonics riding on the equipme... | |
| External PSU shuts down the breaker korakotta SANDVIKA, Akershus, NorwayJoined March 27, 2018. My bad for not checking first. I have no idea what electrical safety codes are in your country. EDIT: Make sure the PSU is for 220Vac nominal.. | |
| CD players sold in Japan can work in US with no problem? big_greg 453 posts 04-17-2019 9:33am I have been using my Japanese 100V Onkyo player with no transformer and no problems. I did a fair amount of research about it and the consensus seemed to be there is no problem in doing so. Having said th... | |
| CD players sold in Japan can work in US with no problem? As a rule the mains voltage should not be greater than 10% of the manufacturer’s rated voltage. The extra fudge factor is for AC mains voltage that may be higher than the equipment’s rated input voltage, overvoltage events, and or a serge voltage ... | |
| Isolation Transformers kalali OP1,684 posts 04-12-2019 1:07pmTook some measurements. The voltage in the adjacent socket is 118.8v. With everything plugged into the transformer; streamer, DAC, preamp, and amp, the voltage out of the transformer is 122.4v +/-0.1 volts wi... | |
| Isolation Transformers testpilot258 posts 04-12-2019 7:44am@jea48 given the choice between the hospital grade Tripp-Lite and the regular Tripp-Lite that you referenced in your post, do you have a preference? I am only concerned with front end equipment isolation i.e. ... | |
| Isolation Transformers @kalali,Is that a loaded voltage or an unloaded voltage measurement? The greater the connected loaded the greater the VD (Voltage Drop) across the windings of the transformer. Measure the voltage with the intended load connected.. | |
| ARC tube biasing Output Tube Bias Adjustment As shipped from the factory, the output ‘bias’ adjustments are set for a nominal 65mA per KT120 tube. Under these idle conditions the tubes are each dissipating approximately 27 watts of their 60 watt rating. This poin... | |
| Isolation Transformers lak3,554 posts 04-11-2019 7:08am I would think your isolation transformer would clean some of the grunge from the AC which would in return give you a darker background allowing you to hear more details within the music and perhaps deeper bass... | |
| Isolation Transformers but the Tripplites that are hospital grade, such as the one I bought, the 1800HG claim hospital grade receptacles and talk about a floating ground (actually, ’floating AC output’) if you go to the Tripplite website. See https://www.tripplite.com/... | |
| Isolation Transformers whart2,018 posts 04-10-2019 9:42pmI have used isolation transformers in a variety of settings. One, an old 240/120 step down made by Richard Gray for a big home theatre system- the system itself is long gone- was the only thing that would fully i... | |
| Isolation Transformers oicu81241 posts 04-10-2019 6:34pmWhen did they start printing ’hospital grade’ on anything that was? dang, has it really changed that much since I was in the field? OP did say older isolation transformer? @ oicu812 Medical grade.Example of: ht... | |
| Isolation Transformers It was apparently used in a hospital. What is the Kva rating? It will say on the data plate.Does it say ’Medical Grade’ anywhere on it?If yes:Most medical grade isolation transformer I have ran across float the secondary winding above ground. Tha... | |
| Should I expect a discount from dealer for buying and installing complete system No I don’t think think $3000 is fixed, it has to be guesstimate until they actually go under house and into attic. Also I keep adding what I want done. I am going to add Bluesound Node 2i and also I want my 55” tv mounted in bedroom and bedroom t... |