Why would he ask how long you wanted wire?Length of wire should be bare minimum from recep to recep with a single home run back to panel & no extra length....Wire SIZE should be #12 unless the home run is 50’+ then I recommend upsizing to#10...Don’t use cheap generic receps either but don’t go nuts...Look at Pangea for bang for $...Also make sure lighting & power circuits are on separate phases of the panel..
Cryongenically treated in-wall AC power wire
I have a high end sound system and am building a new house. I would like to have a dedicated electrical line installed for my system, to run from the electrical outlets in my music room to the breaker box. The builder asked me how long I wanted the wire to be, which runs from the outlets to the breaker box. I have no idea. I could place it as close as several feet or much longer. The wire is $20/foot. So, here are my questions:
1. If you want to install a dedicated electrical line for your sound system how close should the electrical outlets be to the breaker box, or does it make a difference? In other words, is there a minimum length of cryogenically treated wire that I will want in the wall stretching from the outlets to the fuse box?
2. I assume that using cryogenically treated wire and electrical outlets will reduce noise. Does anyone have any experience with cryogenically treated wire?
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$20/foot is really steep -- one of the best in wall cables is JPS and that's $30/foot but this stuff really adds up with the long lengths most residential AC systems require. I used JPS in a prior installation but it's a bear to work with being 10AWG https://www.thecableco.com/power-ac-in-wall-power-cord-bulk.html Much cheaper is Synergistic Research Quantum Tunneled Romex (as I recall I paid less than $500 for a full reel) -- enquire of your favorite SR dealer and they can get it for you As to whether these cables make a difference it's obviously next to impossible to do a real A:B but if you're doing a new in wall set up for the modest cost of the SR level solution it hardly seems worth skimping |
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