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In Reply to: RE: Don't forget to replace the circuit breaker in the panel box with a copper penny. posted by GTF on December 28, 2007 at 05:56:13
I'm always amazed at the "Ideas" suggested byh people that have just the *slightest* idea of what they are doing.
"The best B-3s are A-100s!"
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Wall plates anybody.
nt
Your not the one proclaiming that the "power" delivery starts at your wall plug and thats why anyone would need to replace a perfectly good outlet
with some frozen 7/8" piece of copper or brass after all that "power" pass's
through (so to speak. I know what called electricity doesn't flow like water ) a 2mm piece of braided wire in a circuit breaker.
...this is interesting indeed.
I sympathize with enthusiasm about having a certain degree of skepticism about audiophile grade receptacles and cables. I just thought the thread started with a legitimate question about branch circuits. I guess I started it with my sarcasm about fancy audiophile grade receptacles. You reap what you sew I guess.
In any case...
The cover plate in the link seems to stick out past the face of each receptacle, which means that only certain plugs (with minimal geometry) can be fully inserted. Right-angle plugs, or standard "round" cord ends will likely come to rest against the plate, thus not permitting full insertion.
Myself, I would never install something onto a receptacle that results in less that full insertion.
Cheers,
Presto
I get a big kick about audiophile's needing such "heavy duty" cable or 1/4"
copper buss bars in their duplex box's or extension plugs and such
so they don't constrict their current. Like Oh my gosh!
I don't want the current lost after it comes through the wall socket.
Or through my power cable!
Well all that current managed to get through a 2mm braided wire and through 2 4mm contacts within said breaker. Let alone a safety fuse!
But we can't have it get lost through a fixture.
They should open up their amps and see whats inside them.
Choke city. LOL
I certainly think much of what gets hawked onto the naive is manna for the "sucker born every minute" vultures out there but there are things that can be done to improve the power for one's audio system. There's a picture in my gallery of a Snake Oil® cable.
When I built my listening room I installed 2 dedicated 10ga circuits: single runs direct from the panel to the outlets. I did go to an electric supply and purchased hospital grade receptacles. I also use my own "Snake Oil®" power cables which are build with generous quantities of Voodoo, smoke & mirrors and "gee whiz" factor. The part of them that I feel helps performance is that they are 10ga wire like that that in the walls and the terminations are also hospital grade.
The biggest overall improvement was courtesy of a buddy that works for Edison however. My utilities come from the alley behind my house, and the nearest transformer is on the pole where my drop come from. I have a solid copper run direct from the transformer to my weatherhead, where the household wiring is all copper. Typically in this area, Edison's primary drops are aluminum.
So, I've upgraded all the way from the pole... And I haven't bought any "audiophile grade" parts to do so. Is it perfect? No, but it has made some improvement. And it sure tops the scale of that impressive "Gee Whiz" factor...
eso
They were a carnival of American decay on parade, and they had no idea of the atrocity they had inflicted upon themselves–Henry Chinaski
...that if you're going to spend any money at ALL on your power system - including cords from wall to gear - it would be a good idea to do as you have done: inspect the entire 240/120V system, right back to the pole-mount transformer as was possible in your (lucky) case.
If you don't have a good solid power system in place, spending all of ones budget on voodoo-magic power cords may be a bad plan.
What you did there sounds reasonable to me. I also would probably "bake my own" power cords as well, as I have done in the past. I'm not a big fan of 'fire hose' boutique bling-bling power cords, or their claims to act as "filters" of noise. If I need a power cord to act as a filter, then I've got other bigger problems. Cords can be designed to REJECT noise, but there are much better FILTERS that can be implemented in the even a "real" filter is needed.
Too much jargon and hype in lieu of substantiation - especially considering the prices.
Cheers,
Presto
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