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Wiring my house for sound

OK y'all, I just bought a house and need to have some electrical work done anyway. I also plan to run 2 dedicated lines for my main system (MF Nu-Vista M3, VPI HW 19 MK III w/ SME 309/Glider, Marantz 63 SE thru X-10D w/ X-PSU, etc). My plan is to mount a separate power center off my current breaker panel. I can use either breakers or fuses, but am leaning toward fuses (ceramic bases). Circuits will be 20 amp with 10 ga THHN wire. I have PS Audio Power Ports for the outlets. I intend to use Virtual Dynamics Power 3 cords into a 20 amp PS Ultimate Outlet for the integrated and a 15 amp Ultimate with Juice Bar for the other stuff. Any suggestions as to the brand of wire or anything else? I'm mostly into analog and consider the cds nice for the car and to go to sleep by. Thanks for any useful suggestions.
jphilips
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dweller
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Gee fellas, I said it was extreme. If the amp (or whatever) employs a detachable (IEC?) power cord, couldn't said electrician pull extra wire through the outlet box, into the room and terminate it with the female plug? this would give you an uniterupted cord from the fuse box to the appliance. Thanks for not keeping me "in the box".
Ken
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glen
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Dweller, If you put it that way, yea I guess you could :^) Why didn't I think of that :~(
subaruguru
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I'm using Belden 83802 for both the mains AND DIY PCs. Nothing like consistency, eh? Nice tinned 12AWG in Teflon, and fire engine red!
stehno
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Dweller's advise sounds dangerous to say the least and a lot of work to say the most.

But to take Dweller's idea a step further and perhaps much safer(Glen can validate or invalidate), when installing the dedicated 10 gauge OFC romex runs from the service panel to the the outlet, you could make the romex runs about ten feet extra in length, attach male IEC WattaGate plugs directly to the ends of the romex and then plug directly into the component.

You could install attractive tv cable faceplates for the romex to come thru the walls also.

This will provide the straightest non-interrupting path for electricty to travel from the service panel to the component, perhaps minimize RF interference, etc..

What do you think, Glen? This is something I've wanted to try for the last six months.

-John
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