"Power - what is most important."


"Power - what is most important." When trying to optimize audio and video by optimizig power mangement, what is the most import aspect to initially change(Also please supply some brand names):
1) Conditioning Power with balanced power piece of equipment at system panel. Perhaps Equitech Wall Cabinet System Panel
2) Use of 240 V setups like Richard Garys Substation
3) Using Richards Grays RGPC 400 MK II and RGPC 1200S
2) Using separate 20 or 30 Amps Socket Outlets - (??perhaps all coming out of a Equitech Wall Cabinet) for different aspects and areas of system
a) Amps - perhaps using TWO 20 or 30 Amps Outlets here
b) Digital Equipment using ONE Outlet
c) Analog Equipment - using ONE Outlet
d) ?? other
3) Changing wire used from system panel to site. Perhaps should change to 10 guage. All Home Runs. What brands are best? Should these wire runs be covered by metal tubes (or something else) to provide shielding from any type of interference (esp if ling ru.
4) Check all lines to make sure they are in phase.
5) Outlets/Sockets
a) Using Cryo'd or non cryo'd Outlets/sockets in Wall
b) Using Cryo'd or non cryo'd Outlets/sockets in Power conditioning devices like Furman Balance Equipment and/or Richard Gray
6) Changing Power Cords. Which cords should be used. What Guage Wire here
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Showing 2 responses by ozfly

A while ago, I posted some "best of" threads related to power, outlets, conditioners, etc. Here's a copy. It could save you some work in your research. I'm sure there are some more current threads, but these are some oldies but goodies. Search on the headlines and you should be fine. Listed are the headlines, the initiator and the date. Good luck.

I'm doing some research on this topic and would like to recommend the following previous posts:
The Big Four (in no order):
1) Advice on installing dedicated outlets Jazz_nut 9-17-01
2) Dedicated curcuit question???? Krelldog 2-24-02
3) How many dedicated lines? Macm 5-31-01
4) Advice- wiring for decidated sound room Audioken 5-28-01
Other very good ones (in no order):
1) Dedicated Circuit wire alternatives? Leoturetsky 4-11-02
2) Star Grounding Gladstone 6-1-01
3) Dedicated line vs. power conditioner Macm 5-2-01
4) URGENT HELP: Wire for dedicated lines??? Worldcup86 1-10-02
5) Isolated Ground electrical outlents??? Weiserb 3-10-02
6) Reference Ground Set-up? Fatparrot 1-20-02
7) How's to ground for the dedicated line? Worldcup86 12-28-01
8) Dedicated power circuit Joeldoss 4-14-01

That's my "dirty dozen" -- sorry if I may have missed some other really good ones. These should answer most of your questions. Note -- the first thread referenced 74 other posts of interest (I did not check these out, but Bob Bundus is one of the "guru's" in this area). Hope that helps.
Apparently, you can't use the search engine to find these titles. I don't know why. One should be able to do that, but I tried it for grins and it just doesn't work. So, here are the actual reference addresses -- just copy to the address line on your browser above.

The Big Four (in no order):
1) Advice on installing dedicated outlets Jazz_nut 9-17-01
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1000759815&read&3&4&

2) Dedicated curcuit question???? Krelldog 2-24-02
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1014532796&openusid&zzKrelldog&4&5#Krelldog

3) How many dedicated lines? Macm 5-31-01
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&991348324&openusid&zzMacm&4&5#Macm

4) Advice- wiring for dedicated sound room Audioken 5-28-01
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&991074097&openusid&zzAudioken&4&5#Audioken

Other very good ones (in no order):
1) Dedicated Circuit wire alternatives? Leoturetsky 4-11-02
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1018545291&openusid&zzLeoturetsky&4&5#Leoturetsky

2) Star Grounding Gladstone 6-1-01
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&991434446&openusid&zzGladstone&4&5#Gladstone

3) Dedicated line vs. power conditioner Macm 5-2-01
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&988859462&openusid&zzMacm&4&5#Macm

4) URGENT HELP: Wire for dedicated lines??? Worldcup86 1-10-02
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1010693731&openusid&zzWorldcup86&4&5#Worldcup86

5) Isolated Ground electrical outlets??? Weiserb 3-10-02
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1015821785&openfrom&1&4#1

6) Reference Ground Set-up? Fatparrot 1-20-02
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1011511291&openfrom&1&4#1

7) How's to ground for the dedicated line? Worldcup86 12-28-01
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1009517660&openusid&zzWorldcup86&4&5#Worldcup86

see also:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&983605896&openusid&zzWorldcup86&4&5#Worldcup86

8) Dedicated power circuit Joeldoss 4-14-01
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&987256243&openusid&zzJoeldoss&4&5#Joeldoss