Dedicated power
As mentioned above don't go through the trouble with a 30A line - run 3 20 A lines instead, labor will be the most expensive part anyway it'll only take a fraction of time longer running 3 lines compared to one. Run all three from the same side of your panel. Unless you have a very long run 12Gauge Romex will be sufficient. Good Listening Peter |
Mr Carbon is a president of TAMC [Tweak A Minute Club] Headroom loss for 14ga vs 10ga is less than ¼db @ ≈14A / ≈1600W See ieLogical CableSnakeOil AC Wiring Music power is a fraction of that. Head banger rock @ 120BPM uses about 2 cycles peak energy of the 3600 power cycles in a minute. Clean screwed connections, not push terminals, make more difference than doubling the wire gauge. |
I'm gonna do 2- 10 gage lines with reasonable hospital grade outlets and be done with it for now. Ill look into the fancy fuses etc after the lines are run. Maybe check out the cable company and try out some cables after I get a better amp although I am very skeptical of power cables and speaker cables to a lesser extent. Not saying I'm right..... just very skeptical. |
2 dedicated 20 amp lines with 2 breakers directly to audio equipment in their own conduit. Add an audioquest Edison nrg duplex receptacle and you are golden. We use conduit hard pipe (emt) in Chicago. I make sure the only wires in the pipe are for the audio equipment. No junction boxes. System is dead quiet. My krell amp needs a dedicated line. Good luck |
