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Electrical and Grounding Needs

Hello,

I have an electrician coming to my house this week. I have two outlets in my basement dedicated to my home theater setup -- but they are both on the same breaker. I ran the wire using 12/2 rather than the usual 14/2 thickness, thinking it would be better. Any thoughts on this? Also, he will be hooking a new sub-panel as I have run out of breaker slots, does anyone know of any special grounding considerations I should have the electrician take into account.

Also I will be using a Richard Gray 400s Power Plant on this line.

Thanks for any help in this matter!
jplenhart

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stehno
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1. IMO you would probably be better served to not go the sub-panel route but instead install double or dual circuit breakers in place of one. This is easier for the electrician and less costly to you and perhaps cleaner AC as a result.

2. 10 gauge is even better than 12 gauge and you may want to look for some special romex such as 99.95% OFC copper.

3. You should inquire about having a seperate isolated ground for all audio component circuits. This should help quite a bit.

-IMO
stehno
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Rives suggestion is an excellent one. Perhaps one suggestion to add to Rives: if you are able to convert your equipment, especially the amp to 230 volts, then you would not need a step down voltage converter. Instead, you would have some of the best AC you could practically muster. But this last step takes know-how and gonads but is cheap with excellent results.

Your electrician or perhaps Rives could best answer your question about isolated grounds.

-IMO
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