Am I limiting current to my amps and sub?


I have the panamax 5400 as a line conditioner for all my gear. Am I "limiting" current to my amps, I.E are my amps starving when I crank it by using this Panamax?

If I bought a high end Surge Suppressor and plugged my amps into it then to the wall, would the amps still be starved?

The reason why I ask is because the sales guys said I was limiting current and I should buy the furman line conditioner as it doesn't limit the current, but supplies current for better loud dynamics.

I just want to bounce that off you guys to see if I was sold on something that I don't really need. I have 30 days to return it.

What I came home with:
http://www.furmansound.com/product.php?div=02&id=ELITE-15PFi

What I have:
http://www.panamax.com/PDF/Datasheets/M5400EX_L550A.pdf

Gear:
3x McIntosh MC501 ( three 500W monoblocks)
Rotel 1098 (1KW amp, 200W x 5ch)
Paradigm Signature Servo 15 subwoofer
(above components are plugged into a regular power strip that goes into the "AMP" outlets of panamax)

Pioneer Elite PRO111FD TV
McIntosh C500t pre-amp
Classe SSP600 Processor
Audio Research DAC7
Pioneer BDP-09FD
Marantz DV9500 Universal Disk Player (SACD)
Motorola Cable Box
15AMP Breaker
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Showing 1 response by darkmoebius

Experts say you should not load a circuit more than 80% of it's rated limit, so on a 15A wall circuit you should not exceed 12A. Many people do, but to be safe...

Your Mac amps are spec'd at "POWER REQUIREMENTS 120V 50/60Hz, 6.6A" and you've got three, so that's 19.8 Amps draw.

That, alone, is more than your power strip can handle, more than your (15 amp maximum rated) Panamax can handle, and finally more than your 15A wall circuit can handle. Pick any one of those the failure points, or all of them together.

But, that's not all.. You've got the Paradigm Servo 15 sub also on the same power strip and it can draw 1500 watts RMS sustained. 1,500W/120V = 13.6 Amps

And then the Rotel RMB-1095 at 200wpc x 5 which equals 1,000W/120V or 8.3 Amps

19.8 + 13.6 + 8.3 = 41.7 amps

Not only do you have a bottleneck at the cheap power strip WHICH you SHOULD NOT BE USING with those three McIntosh amps, but you also have one at the Panamax, and finally you do at your wall outlet. You are exceeding their ratings by almost THREE Times what they can handle.

Seems to me like you've got a real bad/dangerous situation waiting to happen. But, it's late, I've had a few(too many) beers, and could be totally wrong.