Powerport and dedicated circuit

I have 12awg for my 20 amp circuit. 14 for 15 amp.

$ Adcom GFA-565's, 1 Adcom GFA-585, and all the electronics on one 20 amp circuit. We did a test at my little get together here. The run was about 30 feet of wire from the panel. We had the big speakers with 34 drivers driven with peaks of 123db. The voltage never dropped. I don't know how much more current could possible be used in a home than to drive that many drivers to that level. Longer runs sure bump it up a notch. A short rum with 2 20 amp circuits will never be maxed out. That was a little over 2000 watts rms at 4ohms. Oops I forgot we had Polk's top of the line sub maxed out too;)

reeltrouble1 wrote: »

Well if Adcom is your standard then that may true.

RT1

Yeah everyone know that Adcom's biggest amps draw no current:rolleyes:

disneyjoe7 wrote: »

Ben, you have to admit theres a higher level to be had over Adcom. Not that is bad, but its not icing on the cake either.

Absolutely. My point was current, and voltage. The OP was questioning the value of adding a dedicated circuit. My point was that even running a bunch of high current amps there was no voltage drop with a single circuit. The dedicated circuit is more a function of good clean power than anything else. I don't know why Teddy feels the need to insult someones gear when my point was just the amps alone are fused for a total of 75amps(5*15), and there was no voltage drop with a single 20amp circuit. I am not claiming that having good current available isn't a bonus. Teddy seems to like to insult me. This isn't the first time nor the last. Maybe someday I can aspire to have gear like Teddy has:rolleyes:
Ben

Yes Teddy has some nice gear:) Yes I have done the dedicated circuits. Without a doubt a good solid dedicated circuit is a very nice upgrade. I am installing one soon here;) The problem with normal circuits is that an outlet is tied to another outlet that is tied to another outlet that is tied to a light that is tied to an outlet... All these extra connections is where SQ, and noise are most effected IMHO.

Ben

Edit: I can't edit post 6. The $ should be a 4:o

I did a little experiment a while back. I took a 14/3 40' extension cord, and ran my system with it for haha's. I plugged it into the washing machine outlet 5 feet from the main panel in the basement. There were definite audio improvements with running a cheap extension cable over the normal in house wiring. In house wiring is not designed for optimal noise rejection, or power quality. This is the same reason why many intelligent companies use dedicated outlets on data sensitive equipment. Also 14/3 stranded is better than 14/3 solid. I would someday like to do a test between 12/3 stranded(BX metal sheathing) vs 12/3 romex. I know for a fact stranded is better at handling current, and maintaining voltage than solid. Also the metal casing would reject RFI better than romex. That is why it is used in commercial applications;) Just an uneducated guess, but I think that the aftermarket power cords with heavy gage and a high strand count clean things up. Many users of PC's have stated that more improvement was had by using the PC's on source than amps;)

Its legal if he is using a 20 amp breaker with a 20 amp outlet. If he is using a 20 amp outlet with a 30 amp breaker that may not be Kosher.

Well we have to see how Ted explains this one about his 30 amp circuit, I'll be all ears.

If you are a true audiophile you would run copper pipe all the way from the meter to the outlet. Inside the copper pipe you would use 10 gage silver plated copper stranded wire braided all the way from the meter to the outlet. The ground wire would be attached at both ends, and the copper pipe would only be grounded at the meter. This way any stray RFI, or EMI would drain to the power source, and not to the dedicated audio outlet. Some reading this may think I am kidding, but I am serious.
Ben

Edit: One step further you would use the same setup as above, but use a very high quality generator. Line voltage often carries signal noise used to transfer data from meters to the power company. This is bad Juju to a real man;)

I would use 1" and place ceramic towers every 10.679352 inches apart in the pipe to keep the wires insulation from touching the pipe itself. The 10.679352 inches is not critical. You can use this measurement +or-.000002 inches.

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disneyjoe7 wrote: »

I have to see that later, work computer.

It is work friendly:)

Google comes up with some funny stuff:D