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Krell KSA 200s power feed

Hi All.

I wanted to know what your experience is and opinion on powering this amp.
https://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/694krell/index.html


I live in Australia, so our power is 230 volts and 10 amps.
We have always used this amp directly into the wall.
But reading through the manual I can see it’s recommended to have 20 amps into the amp.
I don’t notice any sonic issues with running it directly on 10 amps.
I wanted to know what your opinion was as I was getting an electrician to put some additional power points and whether I should get him to wire a 20 amp line just for the Krell.
128x128kunalraiker
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The only issue I see is protecting the amp. In the US, we have to reduce the fuse size by half if you go from 120 to 240, and it could be a reason why voltage changeover is usually not user selected -- the user will forget to change the fuse.


I never thought of changing the fuse if going up in voltage, but it makes perfect sense.
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kunalraiker OP
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I got the audio wired to 10 ams dedicated from the switch board with individual circuit breakers.
As Iam in a 240 volt region, thanks all for your advise.
ebm
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Yes get a bigger line it will give you more dynamics for sure.
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kunalraiker OP

I'm in Au and your fine.
Just make sure your plugs are nice and tight into the power point and amp, if not change the power point for good quality one (Clipsal, Arlec are fine). and clean the pins on the amp IEC and power cord.

Cheers George
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