Recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets


Greetings,

I’d like to get some recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets.

I currently have two PS Audio outlets in my current room, but my system will be relocated to its permanent location when I finish my dedicated listening room in a few months.  I’m using 10 gauge Romex for the dedicated 20 amp outlets.

I have a few electrical outlets on my list of interest;

- Audioquest NRG Edison Duplex

- Pangea Audio Premier XL

- The Maestro Outlet (by Cruze First Audio) - *Great reviews on website and forums

- Hubbell outlet (not sure of any particular model number?)

Please share your impressions and any comparison experiences would be great.

Thanks in advance!

dbt

@immatthewj Here is a very comprehensive article on IG receptacles. Fig 6 shows the basics at a glance.

https://iaeimagazine.org/2006/march2006/isolated-grounding-receptacle-circuits-got-clean-grounds-or-dirty-grounds/

Not very onerous to implement if installing a new circuit, but what are the benefits in terms of noise suppression over a 12/2 Romex homerun? This is a straight question, I don't actually know the answer.

 

Thank you, @devinplombier .  I truly don't have a good understanding of the subject of home electrical and the isolated ground nomencalure confused me (which is not hard to do).  Amm my circuits, including the dedicated circuits I installed for my system, are NOT isolated ground circuits, and obviously none of my duplex  receptacles are IG receptacles.  I was confusing IG with the uninsulated equipment ground.  Just something else to put in the "what I learned today" column.  Thanks again for helping me out with that.

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Gotcha, @jea48  .  That definitely clears it up for me now.  I did not know what an 'isolated ground' was before, and now I do.

None of the duplexes I installed in the circuits I installed for my system are IGs, and on the existing circuits in my home that I have worked on before, I do not remember seeing any insulated equipment ground wires, nor do I remember seeing any insulated ground wires connected to the neutral bar behind my panel, except for the insulated white wires.

That typed, one of my many flaws is that I have tunnel vision and if I am not specifically looking for something I do not see it or I often forget what I saw assuming that I did see it.

This is interesting though, because back in the '90s I bought a DIY home wiring book at Lowes, and a few years ago when I was installing some more dedicated circuits I referred to it to see what I needed to do behind the panel, and the pictures were actually showing insulated (green) equipment ground wires coming back to the neutral bar behind the panel.  Now I have to assume that the pictures were of an IG?

Anyway, TMI, but I didn't feel comfortable working behind my panel using what that book was showing me, so I watched a few youtubes of people putting new circuits in and used those as my reference.