Thank you, @devinplombier . I truly don't have a good understanding of the subject of home electrical and the isolated ground nomencalure confused me (which is not hard to do). Amm my circuits, including the dedicated circuits I installed for my system, are NOT isolated ground circuits, and obviously none of my duplex receptacles are IG receptacles. I was confusing IG with the uninsulated equipment ground. Just something else to put in the "what I learned today" column. Thanks again for helping me out with that.
Recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets
Greetings,
I’d like to get some recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets.
I currently have two PS Audio outlets in my current room, but my system will be relocated to its permanent location when I finish my dedicated listening room in a few months. I’m using 10 gauge Romex for the dedicated 20 amp outlets.
I have a few electrical outlets on my list of interest;
- Audioquest NRG Edison Duplex
- Pangea Audio Premier XL
- The Maestro Outlet (by Cruze First Audio) - *Great reviews on website and forums
- Hubbell outlet (not sure of any particular model number?)
Please share your impressions and any comparison experiences would be great.
Thanks in advance!
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Gotcha, @jea48 . That definitely clears it up for me now. I did not know what an 'isolated ground' was before, and now I do. None of the duplexes I installed in the circuits I installed for my system are IGs, and on the existing circuits in my home that I have worked on before, I do not remember seeing any insulated equipment ground wires, nor do I remember seeing any insulated ground wires connected to the neutral bar behind my panel, except for the insulated white wires. That typed, one of my many flaws is that I have tunnel vision and if I am not specifically looking for something I do not see it or I often forget what I saw assuming that I did see it. This is interesting though, because back in the '90s I bought a DIY home wiring book at Lowes, and a few years ago when I was installing some more dedicated circuits I referred to it to see what I needed to do behind the panel, and the pictures were actually showing insulated (green) equipment ground wires coming back to the neutral bar behind the panel. Now I have to assume that the pictures were of an IG? Anyway, TMI, but I didn't feel comfortable working behind my panel using what that book was showing me, so I watched a few youtubes of people putting new circuits in and used those as my reference. |
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