Sailcappy,
I forgot to ask. Is your friend, that works for the power company, an Electrical Engineer? An electrical technician?
The reason I ask is your friend qualified, confident, to preform work inside the electrical panel of your apartment?
Nothing major.... Just move the hot conductor of the audio 20 amp dedicated circuit to another 20 amp breaker on the other Line, leg, bus in the electrical panel. (Providing there are any spares. If there is not a spare he could use a breaker that is being used, for the test.)
If you are not sick of tests yet one more test you could try......
If the problem is poor power quality you could rule out the offending electrical device/s, equipment, appliances, CFL lights, ect, in your apartment is the cause.
You will need a flash light....
Turn off ever breaker at the electrical panel except the main breaker, if you have one, and the breaker that feeds the dedicated circuit to the Cary amp.
I lied, one more test. I would sure like to know what the VD, voltage drop, looks like at the end of the 50' 16/3 cord as the Cary amp is going through it's active start up cycle...... Especially that last relay click you hear.
If the 50' cord only has a single female receptacle you would need an additional receptacle to plug in the test leads of the multi meter. You could use a plug strip for the test? (Plug strip plugged into the 50' cord.)
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I forgot to ask. Is your friend, that works for the power company, an Electrical Engineer? An electrical technician?
The reason I ask is your friend qualified, confident, to preform work inside the electrical panel of your apartment?
Nothing major.... Just move the hot conductor of the audio 20 amp dedicated circuit to another 20 amp breaker on the other Line, leg, bus in the electrical panel. (Providing there are any spares. If there is not a spare he could use a breaker that is being used, for the test.)
If you are not sick of tests yet one more test you could try......
If the problem is poor power quality you could rule out the offending electrical device/s, equipment, appliances, CFL lights, ect, in your apartment is the cause.
You will need a flash light....
Turn off ever breaker at the electrical panel except the main breaker, if you have one, and the breaker that feeds the dedicated circuit to the Cary amp.
I lied, one more test. I would sure like to know what the VD, voltage drop, looks like at the end of the 50' 16/3 cord as the Cary amp is going through it's active start up cycle...... Especially that last relay click you hear.
If the 50' cord only has a single female receptacle you would need an additional receptacle to plug in the test leads of the multi meter. You could use a plug strip for the test? (Plug strip plugged into the 50' cord.)
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