Lightman sighting
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I eat beavers for breakfast. None of your Canadian beavers will stand a chance against my gnawing prowess.
As a prediction, most of those beavers will call me the next morning and compliment me on my skills.
And, basing this upon past experience, some may follow me back across the 49th in Pied Piper fashion.
Well sir these Beavers are heavily armed with maple syrup and molasses to stick you in place...they are also equipped with automatic dismemberment tools...and hooboy are they swift! lol
I can lick any beaver drenched in maple syrup. I find it enticing when some others are offering me their beavers.
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Home Theater/2 Channel:
Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer
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I eat beavers for breakfast. None of your Canadian beavers will stand a chance against my gnawing prowess.
As a prediction, most of those beavers will call me the next morning and compliment me on my skills.
And, basing this upon past experience, some may follow me back across the 49th in Pied Piper fashion.
Don't you like your beavers umm plump? -
I eat beavers for breakfast. None of your Canadian beavers will stand a chance against my gnawing prowess.
As a prediction, most of those beavers will call me the next morning and compliment me on my skills.
And, basing this upon past experience, some may follow me back across the 49th in Pied Piper fashion.
Don't you like your beavers umm plump?
I am partial to fluffy beavers. Yes. -
This is rapidly becoming my favorite thread!
When you wake up and see how it evolved, it's a beautiful thing.
Lightman
Sorry for the homeless comment, Dans photos are very incriminating.Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!! -
This is rapidly becoming my favorite thread!
When you wake up and see how it evolved, it's a beautiful thing.
Lightman
Sorry for the homeless comment, Dans photos are very incriminating.
All in good fun, Frederique.
You never know where I might show up next. -
Almost sounds like a threat
In all honesty, if ever for some reason you end up here in Ottawa, I'd gladly provide you with an address....of that annoying neighbour down the street. -
LOLOL sometimes I wish this forum had ways of emphasizing reaction. along with ability to select multiple reactionsJosh, dude....you're 4 1/2' tall. Don't sell yourself short.
Fook! That didn't come out right.....
Big things come in small packages??....
Dangit! Now that sounds just nasty.....
Carry on.
Indeed, some great laughs here - great way to start the morning.This is rapidly becoming my favorite thread!
When you wake up and see how it evolved, it's a beautiful thing.
Lightman
Sorry for the homeless comment, Dans photos are very incriminating.
What a great lot of dirtbags.
Dan, Russ - really cool on the dedicated circuits with PS. After reading about this a few times over the past couple of years, my curiosity's piqued, and I'd like to try something like this at some point once I get my systems/spaces settled out. Did I miss somewhere in this thread the general overview of this project, what you were after in this, Dan? And what's that gray box below the panel for?
And Russ, here I thought you could only change light-blubs. I think it's great that you've been teaching yourself electricity experimenting on everyone else's stuff.I disabled signatures. -
SoDid I miss somewhere in this thread the general overview of this project, what you were after in this, Dan? And what's that gray box below the panel for?
So the purpose of this thread was initially to continue to build the legend and myth of "the lightman" the man you hear about but rarely see proof of.... but it devolved quickly from that purpose lol...
The gray box is a whole home surge protector. Basically it installs at the breaker panel and does its best (nothing is 100% perfect) to keep any electrical surges from entering the house through said breaker panel. So things like lightning strikes, transformers blowing and shooting a ton of electricity down the panel, etc. It will trip first saving everything else, or thats what I think it does.
It was all of 80 bucks off Amazon. The lights indicate if its working or needs replaced. Its actually something anyone can install if they are comfortable with electric. I am not as I have the UTMOST respect for current as it can kill you.
But paying a pro to install it shouldn't cost a ton either, we just did it cause we were already there.
The purpose of the outlets was to ensure I was providing enough current to the pieces of gear, while also removing any other devices on their circuit which could contribute to a higher noise floor.
So to sum up, more power and a lower noise floor for all my audio equipment.
Before we did this, that single 15 amp circuit had the following items on it, all which can add electrical noise due to their motors or the wall warts:- Ceiling fan with dimmer switch
- 2 lights with LED's
- Christmas tree
- laptop charger
- iPhone charger
- Baby monitor
- Scensy warmer
- Harmony one charger
Then we get to the audio gear:- APC H15
- B&K 200.5
- Crown XLS2000
- Denon X4100
- Panasonic Plasma TV
- Xbox One
- Uverse DVR
- Squeezebox Classic
- 12v 120mm computer fans x 2
- Netgear switch
- Asus wireless bridge
So my concern was to a large extent the noise floor, but also the fact that their was a LOT of high power draw gear on that circuit. Something somewhere was likely ALWAYS starving a bit for power, and the ability to pull large current during transients in movies was not really there either.
So what I have done is separated my high current items onto their own circuits which while removing the extraneous stuff from the original circuit from being able to add noise, which allows them to use the ENTIRE draw of the circuit without sharing anything with another device.
Here is how things are divided up now:
Original existing circuit:- Ceiling fan with dimmer switch
- 2 lights with LED's
- Christmas tree
- laptop charger
- iPhone charger
- Baby monitor
- Scensy warmer
- Harmony one charger
Source circuit:- APC H15
- Denon X4100
- Panasonic Plasma TV
- Xbox One
- Uverse DVR
- Squeezebox Classic
- 12v 120mm computer fans x 2
- Netgear switch
- Asus wireless bridge
Amp circuit:- B&K 200.5
Sub circuit:- Crown XLS2000
So as you can see, the B&K, Crown and Sources can each use up to 2400 watts on their individual circuit. Overkill for the sources and Crown perhaps, but for the B&K I'm simply feeding the beast.
I hope that helps explain the goal of this."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
I didn't know Russ works for booze and eats. I have to start putting my list together.
I did notice Dan, with Russ on the street all your neighbors closed their drapes. Expect a visit soon from your local Jehovah Witness army. I'm pretty sure as we speak, your neighbors are gathered at the local coffee shop discussing an intervention for you. HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
lsi 9's -
I'll show you the back of my hand, ya hook nosed flunky!I didn't know Russ works for booze and eats. I have to start putting my list together.
I did notice Dan, with Russ on the street all your neighbors closed their drapes. Expect a visit soon from your local Jehovah Witness army. I'm pretty sure as we speak, your neighbors are gathered at the local coffee shop discussing an intervention for you. -
I didn't know Russ works for booze and eats. I have to start putting my list together.
LOL... not just ANY food though... it was REALLY GOOD FOOD..... and some other goodies to help make his stay easier...
That and an endless amount of laughs at my expense due to my halarious daughter.
Though he did help me out with the wife as she kept asking "This can't be normal", to which Russ would reply "Dan is actually on the bottom of the audiophile spectrum with doing this"....
Then he'd undo it by referring to my first sub as a hoss inferring I didn't need a second lol....I did notice Dan, with Russ on the street all your neighbors closed their drapes. Expect a visit soon from your local Jehovah Witness army. I'm pretty sure as we speak, your neighbors are gathered at the local coffee shop discussing an intervention for you.
Russ met one of my neighbors... his truck system puts my HT TO SHAME lol....
156 dbs stustained on music (not just burps)..... so he's running like 10 8's and 10 tweeters for mids and highs in the bed.... then I think 8 15's IN THE FREAKING CAB of a single cab truck lol..
So the intervention may be to tell me I need more BASS IN MY LIFE......
Besides I dont answer my door for anyone I dont know unless I see red and blew rotating lights through the blinds lol..."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
I'll show you the back of my hand, ya hook nosed flunky!I didn't know Russ works for booze and eats. I have to start putting my list together.
I did notice Dan, with Russ on the street all your neighbors closed their drapes. Expect a visit soon from your local Jehovah Witness army. I'm pretty sure as we speak, your neighbors are gathered at the local coffee shop discussing an intervention for you.
LOL.....well Russ....
HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
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Russ-It's all making sense now Dan...
Nice work Russ. I have to ask why not just one 3gang box instead of 3 different boxes. Plugs too big for outlets so close.
Catching up on the posts. Ivan, when you have circuits from individual breakers, you can't have them in the same end point enclosure ie. gang box. Say you have some half arsed romex jockey replacing a device in that box. They see the overhead light turn off when the helper finds the right breaker. But! In that same box is a three-way stand alone switch fed from the upstairs landing light on a different circuit breaker. Mechanic is fiddling around in same box with two different feeds. He gets electrocuted.
End of story.
So.... with three derived circuits from a common source, keep them seperated in their own end device enclosures.
Plus, there is something about those big stupid power cords you people use.
This would not apply to circuits fed into accessible junction boxes though, at least from what I can recall? For example, a home run of a 12/3 or 14/3 into a 1900 box and use the red and black as separate circuits. Makes it somewhat easier since pulling one wire is easier than 2...
This is assuming that you will label the cover of said 1900, as well as ensure the red and black wires are connected to opposite poles in the main panel.So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?
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Russ-It's all making sense now Dan...
Nice work Russ. I have to ask why not just one 3gang box instead of 3 different boxes. Plugs too big for outlets so close.
Catching up on the posts. Ivan, when you have circuits from individual breakers, you can't have them in the same end point enclosure ie. gang box. Say you have some half arsed romex jockey replacing a device in that box. They see the overhead light turn off when the helper finds the right breaker. But! In that same box is a three-way stand alone switch fed from the upstairs landing light on a different circuit breaker. Mechanic is fiddling around in same box with two different feeds. He gets electrocuted.
End of story.
So.... with three derived circuits from a common source, keep them seperated in their own end device enclosures.
Plus, there is something about those big stupid power cords you people use.
This would not apply to circuits fed into accessible junction boxes though, at least from what I can recall? For example, a home run of a 12/3 or 14/3 into a 1900 box and use the red and black as separate circuits. Makes it somewhat easier since pulling one wire is easier than 2...
This is assuming that you will label the cover of said 1900, as well as ensure the red and black wires are connected to opposite poles in the main panel.
You are correct in that application. Plus, the handles on the breakers shall be tied together to ensure both circuits are de-energized at the same time.
Sure, it would have been a little easier to pull 12/3 and branch to each receptacle. But having seperate neutrals and grounds in individual runs theoretically keeps the noise and interferance to minimum.
We would run a 14/3 cable to a two gang box for dishwasher/disposal disconnecting means. Then use a two pole 15A breaker in the board. Satisfying the requirements for disconnecting multi-circuits in a single enclosure.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
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Russ met one of my neighbors... his truck system puts my HT TO SHAME lol....
156 dbs stustained on music (not just burps)..... so he's running like 10 8's and 10 tweeters for mids and highs in the bed.... then I think 8 15's IN THE FREAKING CAB of a single cab truck lol..
Hello, tinnitus....
Seriously, I have a powered subwoofer in my 1998 Maxima (I know, I know), added an amp, and replaced the speakers and I have never been able to raise the volume above 2/3rds of the way up. I'm sure I'm overly cautious, but 156 decibels sustained....oy vey.
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There are some youtube videos of women reaching the point of ecstasy just from some mad bass in vehicles. Not happening in my car, the only thing those speakers give is a headache (oem Toyota speakers)
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That thing was a monster! Fargin' amps were the size of a coffee table.
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Yeah, the circuits I ran were not meant for audio-related outlets. Besides, I had a decent amount of 12/3 just sitting around, and honestly it's not good for much else.
Now where is that old meerschaum...So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?
http://audiomilitia.proboards.com/
https://youtu.be/AvWfbIe4X_4
