Power cord feeding a power conditioner/regenerator



I am waiting for my Purepower APS 3000 to be delivered; it comes (it's the european version; I am from Italy) with a stock power cord with 20A IEC, so I can't use my power cords (Cardas Golden Reference) to evaluate how do they work on the power regenerator in comparison to the stock one.

I should buy a new cable with 20A IEC, or do it by myself buying a piece of a brand cable and the right connectors (Furutech, Oyaide, Wattgate).

Any experience, before I make an useless buy?

Thanks,

Emanuele
biggy79

Showing 4 responses by hifihvn

If it is the cord before it, here is a recent thread they may help.[http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1320392461&openusid&zz]
I think claims like "this filter/regenerator TOTALLY isolates from electric line" are only marketing.

If you had enough electronics background to analyze how some things work, you would most likely have a different opinion. A regenerator (if built right) can basically do a lot (actually all at times) of what is claimed.

A conditioner has it's limitations by design. You need to analyze the whole scenario.

Even though you live in Italy, have you ever measured the input, and output of a regenerator, to say you know this to be true?

If the power grid over there is similar to the US, you probably get your power through a variety of materials like we do, including steel, and all kinds of various alloys. Power cords can't change the bad power, to good power, coming from a utility. A regenerator can.
According to what Purepower does, it shouldn't require anything special coming into it.[http://www.purepoweraps.com/regen.htm]

My Torus CS-15 claimed the same thing and every time I turned on a light or fan, I would hear a pop. So much for isolation...

A regenerator should give true new clean power. There is still air-born RF interference generated from other electrical/electronics that can be picked up after the unit too.