erik_squires
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| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing The Siemens Type 2 SPD is too far from the panel. It should be mounted close to the panel enclosure using a close nipple, or chase nipple. I’m afraid I agree with @jea48 ’s assessment. I wasn’t going to say anything. An alternative of course is... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing @61falcon Do they still have exceptions e.g. single receptacle, non GFCI for sump pump or freezer to reduce possibility of ghost trip? Refrigerators can still trip a GFCI outlet, but are not excluded. In other words the outlets need to be 6'... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing I’m in Missouri and have never heard of needing whole house anything and I can use a 29cent receptacle anywhere except for within 6’ of water. @curiousjim In terms of outlets, that’s pretty much still true but where some kitchen appliances were... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing Here’s a story. Neighbor here in the lowcountry had lightning hit tree then it went to his gutters, then to internal supporting bolts in footers, then to random outlets zapping his dryer, washer, and two tv’s. Would these upgraded outlets you men... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing @erik_squires Up here in Canada, the concept of surge protectors flies under the radar. @bigtwin Silly me, I forgot Canadians listen to audio equipment too. :) | |
| Good choice for 20' XLR cable? Easiest is going to be World's Best with Mogami. Best would be home made with Connex/DH Labs pure silver from Parts Connexion. Note that while I do think they sound fabulous, the single strand is a little brittle. I've had them break at the co... | |
| Why I Sold My Aurender N200 so Erik, is this item Baaske MI1005 going to provide the protection that you getting from the Everstar or the TrippLite units that you speak of? There is no power through the ethernet connection only data, so I presume the only reason you are us... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing Hey @bigtwin - As of 2020, whole house surge protection is required by the NEC, but regional codes may say otherwise. I really did it wrong. I spent 3 days installing a garbage disposal thinking the entire time I should have raised children to do... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing Worth including actual results, which I just found. Seems that all these improvements have been leading somewhere good after all! https://iaeimagazine.org/electrical-safety/a-quarter-century-of-protecting-homes-occupants/ | |
| What Speaker Cables Taught Me About Audiophiles +1 for pure silver IC's. Bleah for silver plated anything. | |
| using two outputs from a dac? It wont hurt anything to try but you may experience tonal changes and a loss if high frequency | |
| is there an (AV receiver) type device that doesn't have amplifier/preamplifiers? I think your easiest route is to use your TV’s S/PDIF digital outputs (usually optical?) to a basic 2 channel DAC (see Topping). Just have to tell your TV to only send 2 channel sound. Use that as the input to your integrated and you are done. | |
| GROUNDING - assistance on how NOT to shock yourself Well, you can add some humidity in a variety of ways, by putting a pan of water on a hot surface. Not your amps, of course, but if you have radiant heat or something like that. The mats DO work, just not sure what the discharge rate is. They a... | |
| GROUNDING - assistance on how NOT to shock yourself OP: I just thought of something. Maybe a static discharge mat like these would work for you? They offer a high impedance path to ground, so it may take a few seconds to dissipate a static charge you build up. Not honestly sure how well they’d wo... | |
| GROUNDING - assistance on how NOT to shock yourself I’d discourage you from using your gear as a ground path. You may have several pieces of gear that are already grounded, and when you walk across the rug you build up a charge. The problem is that the discharge can induce a pop or surge inside you... |