knittersspouse
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| 15 amp circuit VS. 20 amp Circuit Some good comments above from some quite knowledgeable folks - nice to see and is why I like to frequent this forum. I agree that adding a couple of dedicated 20A circuits with 10-12 AWG wire should do it _ IF the in-wall wiring back to the brea... | |
| Using a power strip in an old home that was build back in 1955 @MickeyB et. al. Comment 1: Spring for a < $20 receptacle tester to find out what you really have at each outlet before you do much of anything else. It should have 3 lights to tell you if the outlet is wired correctly and also if ther... | |
| No More Fake Reviews - So Who’s Gonna Tell Us What To Buy? I may be wrong, but my guess is this is an attempt to weed out the 4,217 positive reviews tomorrows' newly introduced gadget gets on the day of introduction, all posted by bots from different IP addresses in the first few hours the product has exi... | |
| AI-Written Stereophile Articles I feel your pain... Years ago (before starting my own business in the 90's) I was a publications writer and editor for a division of a large corporation. I got the job because every pub they issued I would mark up with all the errors they had mad... | |
| 1990 Radio Shack catalog Nostalgia for a record brush: Radio Shack in the 90's and later was not the "Shack" of the 60's and 70's. I worked as an Assistant Manager in the late 60's when Charles Tandy took over and cleaned out any managers that were not White Christians... | |
| How do I discharge the capacitors in my PS audio P20 ? Cleeds, et. al. - I don't know if there is any standby power battery in the described device, but if the unit has been unplugged from the wall, ANDS REMAINS UNPLUGGED, I am not sure where the power is coming from to recharge the capacitors when ... | |
| When did you last update your Wifi firmware? I have 4 Asus XT8 mesh routers, set to auto-update both firmware and security patches. Nothing was current until I manually updated them 2 days ago in response to an article on TheHackerNews.com. Disappointed. Routers bought in '21, last update... | |
| Double up on speaker cables @1971gto455ho Interestingly, I agree with you on almost everything you said, including the gullible market. The challenge is to weed out the real from the pseudo- engineering from the actual effort to make a significant difference by trial and... | |
| Reel to Reel bbarten - Do you want to tinker, or just enjoy? Many Audiophiles seem more focused on the process of how the music is reproduced than the actual music. As an engineer, I suffer from that too. In the case of R-R, it is first and foremost a mech... | |
| Power cords: does length matter? @immatthewj The really short answer to why most stock power cords are similar is that the cord is seldom the reason for purchase. Many customers don’t know enough to care, and the rest will buy what they want and don’t want to pay much for ... | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? @immatthewj , So would I, and also if it was the exact same length, strung in the exact location across their room and compared based on the same source playing at the same level. Finally, changing any other characteristic of the room, in... | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? davetheoilguy and jpwarren58 : Completely avoiding the issue of value and the ability to discern any differences between a stock cord and an upscale one - I applaud your efforts to focus on what can make a difference vs. whether that dif... | |
| The Midnight Effect - Who-How? Our electrical grid is an amazing thing where your power can be coming from a solar panel this morning, a wind farm this afternoon, a fossil fuel plant this evening, and a hydro station overnight - with none of them being anywhere near you. On its... | |
| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape Mijostyn - Many of the old Nagra decks were truly amazing, and if refurbished well, can hold their own against some of the best today. Streaming HRes saves you most of the fuss and the physical interaction with your media. If you just want to ... | |
| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape Ah, Retirement! Jan 1 2024! Now I can have some time to play with my toys again. Back in the dark past when decent R2R was all new and I was single, I bulked up on MoR Teac 6010's and TDK or Maxell tapes. (I ran an FM station out of my dorm ro... |