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| 15A vs. 20A power cord questions asp307 said:Regarding a twisted pair or standard cable to link the breaker to the outlet, any advantages or is it all about the grounding?ASp307,It would help if you said what country you live in. I assume it is a country that has 120V power. The ... | |
| 15A vs. 20A power cord questions Hi gs5556,Glad to see you posting again.Most manufactures of audio equipment want and need to use a 15 amp plug to feed their equipment. As you know the majority of the convenience outlet branch circuits in homes are 15 amp, using #14awg copper wi... | |
| 15A vs. 20A power cord questions I am an easily confused old man.My Atma-Sphere MA-1 140 watt tube amps use 5 amp fuses.When I look at these fuses, the wire connecting one end to the other is absolutely tiny. At my age I need reading glasses to see it. Yes it is that thin.This is... | |
| 15A vs. 20A power cord questions A 20-amp power cord must have 20-amp rated connectors on both sides along with #12 or larger conductors.I would agree, for a 20 power cord.If you have a cord that has #12 or larger conductors (or multiple conductors totaling over 12awg in area) bu... | |
| 15A vs. 20A power cord questions jea48 said:" A manufacture can build, and does, a power cord that has an IEC 20 amp female connector on one end and a 5-15P plug on the other end. "cleedsQuite so. And, if the device itself draws 15A of current or less, that’s perfectly safe.No, t... | |
| 15A vs. 20A power cord questions As for the current handling ability of a NEMA 5-15P 15 amp plug vs. a NEMA 5-20P 20 amp plug there isn’t any. If you look at the size of the hot and neutral blades they look exactly the same. Same length, same width, same thickness.What is differe... | |
| 15A vs. 20A power cord questions Are there any issues with running 15A power cords into a 20A outlet and line? No, not any problem at all. I am currently using the standard IEC power cords that came with my Rogue Cronus Magnum and VPI Scout 1.1. After about a month or two liste... | |
| Help With 60Hz Hum PLEASE Putting my previous speculation in more general terms, I suspect basically that the grounding approaches in the two components, possibly in combination with some condition-related issue (such as a leaky line filter capacitor), somehow caused an in... | |
| Help With 60Hz Hum PLEASE Joe, (jo3533),Thanks for doing the test for me. Had I known you had to pull out the rack I would not not have asked you to try it. Thanks again.AL,Looking at the Adcom Amp schematic wiring diagram again, trying to figure out why when all the outer... | |
| Forgive my ignorance (vintage amp input question)... Whipsaw,As swampwalker said in his post the disc inputs are phono inputs.You do have two other line level inputs available on the amp though.The two tape inputs RCA jacks on the rear panel. Tape 1 and tape 2.Connect the AV source to one of the Tap... | |
| Help With 60Hz Hum PLEASE Jo3533,Great news! I am glad to hear the dreaded hum/buzz is finally gone.With that said,...... Curiosity killed the cat. Would you try one more test for me?Would you disconnect the wire that you connected to the Marantz chassis and instead connec... | |
| Help With 60Hz Hum PLEASE Al, "Ironically, though, I believe that the symbol for R55 shown nearby on the schematic (connecting digital ground to chassis) is one of the symbols that are used to represent thermistors, yet R55 appears in the photo to be just a jumper. Also, I... | |
| Help With 60Hz Hum PLEASE Al,R47 looks like a thermistor to me.Puzzling to me though it is installed in the R47 circuit board location instead of the R49 location. Unless the circuit trace on the underside of the board was changed before the actual circuit board production... | |
| Help With 60Hz Hum PLEASE Al,Yes, I found it in the parts list of the service manual."R20 ,R21 ,R47 ,R49 ,R51 JUMPER"Thanks.While waiting for Joe to post how he fixed the hum problem I have been looking at the other PDFs he posted last night.I also found a picture, (I beli... | |
| Help With 60Hz Hum PLEASE Hi Al,Interesting comments regarding the R49. At the time of my post Joe had not posted the service manual PDF.I wonder what component R49 is actually made of? It’s not a fuse and technically it is not a jumper. "R" usually designates a resistor. ... |