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Question of power

I currently have 3 dedicated 20amp lines to power my system.  2 seven-channel amps have dedicated lines as required by the manufacturer and the prepro and sources are plugged into a Panamax 5300 PM on the third.  I’m looking to move the equipment to a different part of my basement and am curious would an Audioquest Niagara 7000 or PS AUDIO P10 powerplant cover me off for everything if it had its own dedicated line?  Would likely be a lot less mess and maybe about the same cost than having to rerun electrical.   
esthlos13
gs5556
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Power conditioners do not make electricity (the same way pumps can't make water when the source dries up). Your amps each draw 12 amnps and that's why the mfr requires a dedicated line because the 120 volt outlet will most likely "dry up" by a tripped  circuit breaker when two amps are installed. You definitely need two circuits minimum regardless of what power conditioner is used.
erik_squires
16,134 posts
 
Well, depends how much money you have to burn. I would recommend something more like a Furman with LiFT for the amps, and power regenerators for the rest. 

So imagining they are class A/AB amplifiers I don't see you ever listening to more than 500 watts at a time without hearing loss. :) So you should be fine. 
erik_squires
16,134 posts
 
And yes, some of these regenerators have some storage built in. I avoid them for amps, just as a matter of return on investment. I'd rather have them keep the power to the DAC and processors clean 
esthlos13 OP
90 posts
 
Appreciate everyone’s feedback thus far.  One other note I have 2 of the JL subs and they are crossed over currently at 100hz so the speakers in general are not handling much in the way of low base duties thus should be sucking less power.  Though the Revels I don’t think are all that efficient....

  I’ll give AQ a call and PS Audio as well.  I’m in the planing stages of moving things around so trying to figure out what all the options and costs are.  
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