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Should I redo the AC power in my house?

I was inspired by the Michael Fremmer YouTube about how he went to great lenghts to address the power in his home. Also was urged to do so by Mike Lavigne. Thanks Mike.

Fremmer and Lavigne are thrilled with the difference it makes in SQ. Perhaps comparable to getting the next level up on all components. Mike referred me to the consultant both he and Fremmer used-Rex Hungerford of King Rex Electric.

I would not go to the lenghts of those fellows but still would do a lot. The whole job should run about $4-5K. I started this current quest interested in grounding but Mike L and Rex both highly recommended I go the full boat.

 

 

mglik
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4krowme
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I did have a decent system to evaluate the difference. At most it was the anticipation for a better sound, but the fact is there was little change. I still wonder if it was due to the fact that I was using a PS Audio Premiere AC regenerator at the time. FWIW, previous to the 'rewire', the PS Audio unit had shut down once and had additional weird issues even after the rewire. So, was something damaged before? I wouldn't doubt it. Arcing in the branches of large evergreen was the likely culprit, but just try to get a power company to admit to that.

ghdprentice
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Thanks @4krowme. While not systematic sampling, still interesting. 

kingrex
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Lets consider what RF is.  Its vibration, probably in the 1.4GHz to 5GHz frequency range.  That's about where cell towers operate.  That means the wires in your house are coupling to this airborne energy you can not hear with your ear, and they are singing along with it. They are vibrating.  That vibration is interacting with the fundamental 60 cycle vibration from the power line. Its probably oscillating in and out of phase.

If I were to wire my grounding wrong, I could be creating a situation like a guitar.  I have stretched a wire over two bridges and the wire does nothing but sing for extended periods of time.  Now if I wire my grounding correctly, I have created a situation where the wire is more attached to a dense dampening block.  The wire no longer sings for extended periods. It shunts the vibrating energy out of the wire quickly.

That is only a small fraction of what I consider when I approach a house.  But it is very important.  Many times a client has sat stunned at the fundamental improvement grounding a house properly brings.  Do it wrong and it might make things worse.  Do it wrong and you might be thinking, gee, maybe I should just lift the ground to resolve the ills of my system.  And many times people do that, and it works.  Its illegal and fundamentally wrong and dangerous on many levels.  But it is a last resort based upon most people having no idea how to ground properly.

Rex

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