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| Krell Power Consumption Dob,As far as I know, regulation and PF should be unrelated. PF is a measure of the reactance of a load, be that inductive or capacitive.A (perfect) resistor has a PF of 1.0 while at a PF of 0, no work is done. I'd be curious to know how PF and re... | |
| End to All Power Problems The 'new' electronic meters do not support net metering.Were I to install solar, SDGE would reinstall an analogue meter until such time as the electronic meter could support net metering. No a bit of pushback when I asked the questions.....I think... | |
| does a subwoofer kill stereo sound? OhJoy,Isn't bass mixed to mono below.....say 80hz? Also: Given that bass wavelengths are longer than the longest dimension of MOST rooms, I'd say a sub was not locatable, eyes closed. In large rooms, this may change. | |
| End to All Power Problems If I understand California law....big IF, we are a 'Net Metering State' . This means they are required to 'buy' my power if I have extra. Meter runs both ways and I pay the difference if it is a positive number and don't get back a penny if it's n... | |
| Krell Power Consumption Now, the ASP modules COME with an on-board SMPS. There will need to be some modifications made for these additional power supply components. Bel Canto adds a board in the top monos. B&O warranty considerations will apply, but as long as the mo... | |
| Krell Power Consumption Even the lower consumption is 4x what my refrigerator draws. The new number is about 6.5 kwh/day. Does anyone have a kill-a-watt meter to actually measure this? | |
| End to All Power Problems I'd be just checking with the power company. I'm not going to go solar, but I'm just curious what they'll say. The push is on in Southern California for 'smart' metering. This is a prelude to charging differential rates based on time of day.Name s... | |
| End to All Power Problems As near as I can 'figger' the best practice today is having a small inverter at EACH panel. Then you worry about AC from then after without the losses associated with DC. Sync of inverter frequency may be an issue? Your reference panel is about 26... | |
| Krell Power Consumption Dob,Into which camp do you place the ASP modules from B&O? I've lost track of all the players using these modules....from Bel Canto on down.My PSAudio is a fine piece of goods but has the dread SMPS. | |
| does a subwoofer kill stereo sound? Hi, again, Mac.Agreed about setup. I spent about an hour doing first placement of sub. I listened over a period of the next few days making 'little' adjustments. No joy and the bass remained 'thick'.Finally, I turned the x-over all the way down. T... | |
| does a subwoofer kill stereo sound? When I shut my sub off, the stage gets narrower. Sub is playing well with panels. | |
| End to All Power Problems Man, that is a HUGE capacity. I tried making the numbers work for solar. Can't do it. Based on my monthly usage of <450kwh, the payback is so far over the horizon as to be a non-starter. All the fixed costs add up quickly and the fact that even... | |
| HiFi Tuning fuses direction What do I mean?Well, AC power before the transformer, even, is symmetric and at a very highly controlled 60hz. I simply can't imagine a fuse having an audible effect based on orientation in this application. Now, my panels have fuses and they are ... | |
| New op amps, good idea? Just for some reading material....I've built a CMOY pocket headphone amp. I used the OPA2134 series.http://tangentsoft.net/audio/cmoy-tutorial/parts.html#op-ampSomewhere in the documentation is a long list of opamps and how the author feels about ... | |
| Krell Power Consumption Here in Southern California our power is very expensive.While my first 280kwh or so is at about 0.15$/kwh, once I'm above that point, my rates go in 2 tiers. The highest marginal rate is about 0.20$kwh and I expect that to go UP since we now have ... |