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Can stabilant 22 be used for power cords and vacuum tubes?
That’s why Deoxit for example is safe to use on tube pins. That’s also why commercial aircraft use it on communications electronics. How much heat are you talking about?  What's the voltage? Here is the typical statement found in an ARC owners man... 
Can stabilant 22 be used for power cords and vacuum tubes?
DO NOT use any type of contact treatment on power tube pins or tube sockets! 
Quicken the burn in time for new speakers by using a cheaper SS amp?
I wouldn’t want to leave a tube power amp left unattended for hours on end. I also can’t see the clock running wasting tube life of the power tubes. Average life of power tubes being around 1500 to 2000 hours.The solid state amp sounds like the wa... 
ground the outlet or not??
bnut311 said:There’s no 60/120V systems in this country.NEC, National Electrical Code.Quote from Link below.ARTICLE 647 Sensitive Electronic Equipment647.1 Scope. This article covers the installation and wiring of separately derived systems operat... 
ground the outlet or not??
Guys - I have the Equi-tech cabinet mount power center with an earth ground- I am about to install the Furutech NCF outlets and someone mentioned to me that I should NOT hook up the ground wires to the Furutech outlet- Just cut it off before the o... 
Isolating Digital Noise, need help.
And I just thought of something. I bought my amp used from a HiFi dealer; it was his personal amp. Could he have lifted the ground for use in his system?Another reason to pull the top cover off the amp for a look inside. **NOTE: Naturally unplug t... 
Isolating Digital Noise, need help.
jea, since you commented on the high gain of the CDP (2.7V), I checked it by playing thru a different preamp input and the gain is too high. Ralph put in the -6dB pad for me as a mod due to the CDP’s high gain spec. And it sounds very good. Al, (a... 
Isolating Digital Noise, need help.
Jim (Jea48), you provided an excerpt and a link to Mr. Hansen's statement in the last post on this page. However, I would not interpret his statement to mean that signal ground should be connected **directly** to the chassis, as that can be condu... 
Isolating Digital Noise, need help.
- continuity of RCA outer sleeve to metal chassis... reads OL- continuity of each RCA center pin and pin 2 of XLR... OL- continuity of RCA outer sleeve and pin 1 of XLR... 000.0- You said in an earlier post you checked for continuity from the grou... 
Isolating Digital Noise, need help.
Al,I guess I must have been having one of my brain fart moments.Try this ARC CD3 MK2 schematic wiring diagram.http://www.audioresearch.com/ContentsFiles/CD3%20II%20sch%20%20PL.pdfJim 
Isolating Digital Noise, need help.
lowrider57 said:@jond, the output of the ARC is high; 2.7V unbalanced. But the Atma-Sphere has a switch for -6dB attenuation on the input.Al,What are the chances the ARC CDP is still over driving the L & R input stage of the preamp? Also look ... 
Isolating Digital Noise, need help.
ARC CD2 wiring schematic wiring diagram.http://www.audioresearch.com/ContentsFiles/CD2%20Sch%20pl%20tips.pdf>>XLR shorting jumper.http://www.cardas.com/images/cgsp_pic1_transparent.jpg>>Decoupling the power supply of digital from analo... 
Isolating Digital Noise, need help.
Yes, OL (or zero L). Maybe a code for something?If you do not measure 000.0 or in otherwards "short", or continuity, then for some reason the metal chassis of the amp is floating above the safety equipment ground. That does not meet any equipment ... 
Isolating Digital Noise, need help.
Lowrider57 said:I did some tests on the amp. With my multi meter, measuring from the male ground pin on the Sunfire amp to the metal chassis of the amp, I could not get a reading of resistance. The meter indicated “L.”So "OL" equals open? Same as ... 
Isolating Digital Noise, need help.
Lowrider57 said:I did some tests on the amp. With my multi meter, measuring from the male ground pin on the Sunfire amp to the metal chassis of the amp, I could not get a reading of resistance. The meter indicated “L.”"L" ? What does the meter ind...