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Hello everyone,

I live in New York City which has very bad electrical problems for audio and video. I just had the electrician put a dedicated 20 amp for my video, and I still get fluctuations anywhere from 112 to 120, never a consistent solid voltage. I bought a Richard gray pole pig thinking that would help and nothing, well not nothing, it keeps it no lower than 115.

I was thinking of buying a PS Audio power regenarator and connecting that to the wall and then connecting the pole pig to that.

Is that possible? Anyone with experience in this? Thanks for the help guys

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czarivey
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PS Audio regenerator introduces extra source impedance which will limit current delivery capabilities necessary especially for poweramp. Bare in mind that in lots of components there are voltage regulators as well that will make them stable down to 100 V. 115V is sufficient enough and even 110V should not hurt. If Richard Grey pole able to keep 115V stable, it's where you want to be.
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stringreen
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I don't like power conditioners, but found Richard Gray the very worst.
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bombaywalla
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I was thinking of buying a PS Audio power regenarator and connecting that to the wall and then connecting the pole pig to that.
I would reverse the order - plug the RG Pole Pig into the wall & plug the AC regenerator to the Pole Pig. The quality of the AC from the wall has a big effect on the AC region - the Pole Pig can help to reduce the bad effects of AC from the wall outlet. This is what I do - I don't have the Pole Pig but I have 400S Mk1 & I have my PS Audio P300 connected to it the output of the 400S. Works great for me (i've only got the front-end components connected to the P300; electronics that draws 25W-50W i.e. low current). 


I don't like power conditioners, but found Richard Gray the very worst.
hmmmmm....very interesting stringreen. can you please elaborate why RGPS was the worst for you? thanks. 

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