Can moving wire location at circuit breaker reduce hum?


The power line going into my music room will oftentimes make the amps’ transformers hum.  I’ve tried many things but have had no luck.  If I take any component that’s humming into a different room run on a different circuit breaker, the hum disappears.

Would swapping out the wires that go into the two separate rooms at the breaker make any difference?  Or is it more likely that one of the outlets on the circuit that goes into my music room is somehow miswired and is causing the hum?  I can unplug everything from the circuit except for my amp and it still hums.

Any suggestions on what I might be able to do short of hiring someone to run a dedicated line?

Thanks,

Mamoru

 

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Thank you so every much, everyone!

Is a DC blocker like the Hum X device?  If so I've got two of those and they really don't do much at all.

I'll trying tightening the screws and maybe moving the line that goes into my music room but beyond that it seems a bit scary.

On this particular line in my music room I've got other things plugged in and in the other room there are two receptacles connected to this line where a TV, amo and Amazon Firestick is plugged in.

But I get the buzz even when I unplug all unneccessary items.  I have the source components plugged into a PurePower 2000 which is connected to a different receptacle in the same circuit.  The amp goes into a RSA Maxim power conditioner but even if I plug strait i to the wall the buzz remains.

What's really weird is that not all amps will buzz.  Maybe I should have mentioned this sooner.  But more electronics have buzzed in this room.

I've got tubed headamps hum/buz, preamps emit a buzzing and even a CD transport hums.  All these components taken into the room next door and they're all dead silent.

It gets a bit frustrating at times.

I've got a cheater plug laying around somewhere so I'll try that, as well.

Cheers, all.

 

Mamoru

 

 

Some makes and models of amp will hum, some will hum less, and some will not hum at all when plugged in, in certain houses.  Some individual examples of a given amp may hum and others may not.  I've had no hum and variable degrees of hum from different amps, and one nearly drove me crazy: it had mechanical hum at the amp and hummed through the speakers.  I tried it in every room of the house, and it was always the same.  I also brought in 10-12 different boxes of conditioners, DC blockers, ground lifters, transformers, etc. etc., and not a single one cured the problem.  The fact that you get different results in different rooms tells me that the place to start for you is with an electrician, rather than with an extra piece of equipment.

Plus 1 @erik_squires 

Another question, do you use LED lights on a dimmer switch? Not sure why, but I’ve issues when I used an outlet on the same circuit for a HT receiver.

All the Best.

JD

Another question, do you use LED lights on a dimmer switch? Not sure why, but I’ve issues when I used an outlet on the same circuit for a HT receiver.

I have used modern dimmers without a problem, but the older LED power supplies were awful.  The problem is they would only take power from one direction of the AC signal.  If the AC signal goes to +140 V and turns around and does -140V, and you have relatively high impedance on the wiring then you suck down one side, making it +135 to -140 and voila, DC.