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Thanks maabx

Posted by Coffeecupman (A) on January 9, 2008 at 02:41:23

In Reply to: RE: So you want to rebuild the whole thing regardless of money !? posted by maabx on January 8, 2008 at 11:19:36:

Thanks for your post maabx,

The JC-1 draws 1280 watts at full power into 4 Ω. I would think one 30A circuit for both would be plenty.

Well, eventually, we hope to experiment with a system with five of them, plus two dedicated high current stereo sub amps. I think Racerguy's suggestion of 60A is probably appropriate, but if we end up adding 100A of service from 100A to 200A, the extra 100 will probably just go to the second panel and then we never have to think about it.

> I am no electrician, but you may want to investigate a whole seperate >panel right within, or close to, your listening room.

Yes, this looks like the way we will go.

> The seperate panel could be run directly from the meter box.

Excellent.

> This would shorten the runs & lower the cost of the JPS wire. I think >250A of service is waaaaaaay overkill for a home audio system.

Agreed. That was back when I was thinking that the service value had to be more than the sum of the breaker values.

> I would concentrate on the five 30A circuits and pay more attention and >money toward the outlets / circuit breakers / power cords. There are >audio(phile) companies that will cryo treat wire, breakers, etc. for a >small fee.

Any examples?

> Two more things:

> You need a minimum 10GA wire for 30A circuits.

Yes, thanks, I knew that.

> When you add all this additional capacity, you need to have the >electrician check the rating of the meter, and replace with a higher >capacity meter if necessary.

Thanks - this will be part of the discussion we will have Fri with our electrician.

All the best,

ccm

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