Help with Equitech 1.5Q power conditioner
Hello all. My Equitech GFCI plug on the back keeps popping when I turn on the switches Equitech switches. Am I overloading the unit or is there an issue with the GFCI plug. It worked for a while but was always super easy to trip. I only have my Amp, preamp, TV, and speakers plugged into it. Any help would be appreciated. I am in in San Francisco bay area, are there recommendations to any place I can take to to get it looked at? With it tripping so much would replacing the gfci plug with a new one help (wonder if the current one is worn out?). It is out of warranty and I do not have the box it came in to ship. Thanks!
Since it's AC, there's no + or - involved. In a balanced outlet the meter should read 60VAC between either hot or neutral to ground, and 120VAC between H and N. In a normal outlet H to N is 120V, H to G is 120V and N to ground is near 0. Though we don't use signs, it's correct to say that H and N in a balanced outlet are equal and opposite at any given point in time. |
I haven’t seen every piece of equipment but this should not be the case for many decades. There is however often a resistor/cap between the signal ground and chassis ground, which often leads to endless fun tracking down ground loops. The resistor doesn’t cause ground loops, the ground connection, resistor or not, in the signal causes it. A place where transformer coupled inputs really shine. :) The classic linear power supply I’m familiar with has no reason to connect the neutral to anything but the transformer primary winding but they often usually connect the center tap of the secondary to chassis ground, which is of course also often connected to the EGC. Some equipment I’ve seen does the right thing by avoiding the EGC altogether and being "double insulated." Luxman integrateds are like this, which is brilliant from a noise point of view but given what I’ve seen I’m not sure how their amps are double insulated.
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@oddiofyl - Please tell me what -60V AC means. :) I’m familiar with balanced power and even repped one such device (ages ago). Even if that’s how they describe it, it’s not really accurate. If you doubt me, get a multimeter, and buy an Equitech and measure it yourself. Send me a picture of the + and - readings. :) |
