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Dedicated lines

A few years back, I had an electrician install 3 dedicated 10 ga runs for my audio equipment and the results were really great. I now need to move my equipment further down the wall they are located on and need to move the 3 dedicated outlets. Is it imperitive that I rerun all 3 lines to the new location or can I splice on to the exsisting wires to relocate the sockets. What kind of voltage drop will I see and will this be a bad situation for my equipment?
markus1299
ckoffend
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What was installed, based on my reviewing the runs, was inside metal conduit (which i believe is code in my area considering how it was run - semi exposed in a "crawl space" ceiling. There were 3 wires + - ground.

You are right though, that I could have very easily been confused as to the NM/MC as we/he discussed both during my conversation with him.
jea48
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What was installed, based on my reviewing the runs, was inside metal conduit (which i believe is code in my area considering how it was run - semi exposed in a "crawl space" ceiling. There were 3 wires + - ground.
08-18-09: Ckoffend
There were 3 wires + - ground.
Four individual insulated conductors? More than likely THHN/THWN insulation......
Like 2 hots, 1 white neutral, and 1 green ground conductor?
If yes, you have a 3 wire multi conductor branch circuit. Two separate circuits with a shared neutral. Not 2 dedicated circuits.
Not particularly good for audio equipment connected together by ics.
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ckoffend
684 posts
 
No, three wires total, one plus, one minus/neutral, one ground.
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