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Wanna know how noisy your AC is ?

Would you also like to know if your "AC treatments" are getting rid of the majority of noise ? Well, now you can : )

I'm going to set up a small "AC analysis kit" that will be available on a "borrow as needed" case. It will consist of an Audioprism AC Line Sniffer, an AC Polarity checker and a multimeter to verify "most proper" polarity of your components in terms of chassis ground / power cord orientation. To make things easy, i'll probably type up a brief set of instructions on how to use the Sniffer and the multimeter. The AC Polarity checker is a no-brainer, so no notes needed.

If you are interested in borrowing these, please respond here and i'll try to work out a schedule. This will only be going to people with positive Agon feedback and / or a very consistent history of posting here in the forums. I realize that some of the contributors here are not consistent buyers / sellers of gear and would not want to disregard them for that reason.

Obviously, this will be done on the "honour system", so i'm trusting in you to use them and return them in the condition that you received them AND do so on a timely basis. Borrowers of this "kit" will be responsible for insured return shipping. If there are enough people interested, i'll set up some type of rotation so that you can ship to someone relatively close. This will keep costs down to a bare minimum for all involved.

Sound like a plan ? Sean
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sean
sean OP
6,231 posts
 
Not so fast Brent. I have a confession to make.

While building an "adapter" to convert a female IEC plug on the end of a power cord to accept a standard AC plug for this "kit", i screwed up. After completing it, i tested it to make sure that it was working properly and found out that i had the hot and neutral reversed, effectively wiring it out of phase. The problem here is that i built it like a tank and in a manner that i could not take it back apart. My motto is "no need to take things apart when you build them right the first time". Too bad i didn't do that with this !!!

How's that for "brain surgery" ??? : ) Sean
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tsouthworth
59 posts
 
THE LINE SNIFFER WORKS!

I would encourage everyone to try it. I did a sweep of my apartment about 3 years ago when I installed some AP Quietlines. Surprisingly, even areas/outlets not used sometimes had some noise, so I recommend checking EVERYWHERE.

And you'll know AC noise when you hear it - "Honey, the bacon's frying!"
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nrchy
2,124 posts
 
Sean, Elizabeth is on to something, and besides I'm only a little north of where she lives. I would suggest sending it to her first!!!

I will wait till she's done with it!
franklin
26 posts
 
Sean

Sign me up-be more than glad to pay shipping both ways or to cooperate in any way needed
doug28450
199 posts
 
Sean, when everything makes it's rounds and things have settled I would like to give it a try. I work in Rosemont, so we can probably arrange an exchange.

Thanks, Doug
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