Instructions to electrician about dedicated line


I just bought a Krell KAV-3250 and also am building a new house. What kind of specific instructions should I give to the electrician when he installs the 15 amp dedicated line. Krell recommends a 15 Amp line for the KAV-3250 amp. Is that all I need or should I ask for a 20 Amp line? Could I also hook up the receiver to this line?
Thanks
toubib46
I'd go ahead and request three dedicated lines: Power amp, digital equipment and other (this assumes a cost of about $50-$75 per dedicated line). If you want a bit of insurance, you may wish to consider two to three more: Future second mono amp, TV / video (if that is in the same area) and analog if you are considering going there in the future. Unless there is an issue with the total fuse box capacity, the 20 amp circuit provides more future upgrade potential.

I am also building a house and have five dedicated lines at 20 amps each: Power amp about 5 ft left of center, power amp about 5 ft right of center and three circuits in the middle. I chose to go with 10 guage twisted solid wire (Southern Wire Co available at Lowes or Home Depot). I've left additional length (i.e., there is about 10 additional feet of wire between the outlets and fuse box) in the event I choose to go with a star grounding scheme later and add another ground rod. I'd love to go with ceramic fuses but am running into some code issues around that.

Search some prior posts -- there are a ton of them on the topic and there's lots of great advice. Look up "dedicated line". Good luck. Don't forget the outlets -- lots of good choices here too.
If your going fro scratch. Put in a dedicated line for each component. As a bare minimum. Keep the digital seperate. Do not put any digital devices on any lines that will have PRE or amps or anything else.
Also keep amy Vidoe devices on seperate lines.
Dedicated lines are the best thing you can do.
Make sure you get a Electricain who gets it.Who knows what he is doing. Most have not a clue. They are wire pullers. Make sure you dont get a wire puller to do the job.
Should you install multiple dedicated a/c lines, be sure they are all "in phase" with each other. Your electrician will know this term. Be sure to use quality duplexs as well. They can really put the icing on the cake. Happy listening and good luck with your new home!
Dan
dedicated audio
I had the electrician install ten gauge wire and 30 amp breakers with 20 amp hospital grade receptacles. This is what I have done, but this was against the advice of my electrician, who suggested 20 amp breakers. Of course, I did a lot of searching on this discussion forum for more information that was helpful, but adding even heavier gauge wire to the formula is the only "twist" I can add to the extensive list of helpful tips listed on this site. Spend an afternoon searching.

Use up all the spare space on the panel. It seems you can never have enough outlets.

I also have added 2 category 5 wires and two rg-6 coaxial drops for every location you want to have stereo.