With Stephen's great result

[f1 fan]

Stephen...great explanation and demonstration on the importance of line conditioning and properly designed power cords. Good job my friend.

Dave

[EightZeroZeroDelta]

Originally Posted by f1 fan

Stephen...great explanation and demonstration on the importance of line conditioning and properly designed power cords. Good job my friend.

Dave

Agreed! +1

Thanks Stephen!

[Ritmo]

Thanks for the lesson Stephen. Always learn something new in AA!

Mike

[MyPal]

Great Post!

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[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by tima

Give it a try, but I bet you'll find the amps are best left into the wall. At least for each amp I tried w/ a Hydra 8, they all ended up going straight back into the wall. While you will hear the same effect as you get on the front-end gear (quieter, lower noise floor, less grain, etc.) a loss of dynamics or transient articulation due to less than instantaneous current draw is the typical issue. The new Hydra Cyclops omits some of the MOV circuitry to resolve this issue and is targeted for amps.

Yes, I've read that, and predicted that the amp would go straight back into the wall. My understanding is the Running Springs power distributors will let you run the amp connected to them.

[DonBattles]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

Yes, I've read that, and predicted that the amp would go straight back into the wall. My understanding is the Running Springs power distributors will let you run the amp connected to them.

Stephen, I think you and I may have used the same source out of Southern California. It should be here tomorrow. By the way I have a question and I hope it doesn't sound too dump. The Hydra 8 used a 20 amp power chord but I've only a 15 amp circut at this time in the room. Will have any issues with this? At some point I'm going to have a dedicated 20 amp line added but will not be going that until I'm ready to spiff up the room and will be adding some lighting to the ceiling. Also what I'll likely do is plug it in for 24 hrs and let it settle in before I hook everything up.

[Pider]

Originally Posted by DonBattles

The Hydra 8 used a 20 amp power chord but I've only a 15 amp circut at this time in the room. Will have any issues with this?

The only thing I know about this is that chords are rated for safe carrying capacity, thus your 20 amp chord is rated (can handle) up to a 20 amp load. The 15 amp breaker that you have would trip if you put more than this on the wires for x amount of time. Just don't try to defeat the breaker (i.e., don't try to substitute a 20 amp breaker for a 15), because that 15 amp breaker is protecting the wire that's in the wall, which is probably rated for 15 amps.

[Pider]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

Yes, it's eye opening and kind of scary when you realize how much EM and RFI is around your rack.

Thanks, PC, for that explanation.

It is eye opening. In the plane world we have to be very careful where we position wires, given just these issues. If you have a strobe power wire, or a transponder cable, both high emitters, next to a communication wire, you will have very bad static. Ground loops are also notorious and hard to find. I have one now that is driving me nuts.

However, I never thought about this relative to electronics. I know the military "case hardens" certain equipment, in part, to cut down on the EM and RFI. It would make double sense that our home electronics would need such as well. I noticed on some of the server DIY sites that they were trying to find cases that were as isolating as possible.

Again, good stuff, thanks.

[Pider]

Originally Posted by Douglax

Pider take a look at these articles !

Doug, thanks! I just downloaded them and will have a look shortly.

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by DonBattles

Stephen, I think you and I may have used the same source out of Southern California. It should be here tomorrow. By the way I have a question and I hope it doesn't sound too dump. The Hydra 8 used a 20 amp power chord but I've only a 15 amp circut at this time in the room. Will have any issues with this? At some point I'm going to have a dedicated 20 amp line added but will not be going that until I'm ready to spiff up the room and will be adding some lighting to the ceiling. Also what I'll likely do is plug it in for 24 hrs and let it settle in before I hook everything up.

Hi Don,
Yes, I think we did use the same source. You should be very happy with it; my guess is it will be in like-new condition. Regaridng the cord, no, you just need a cord that has a 20 amp IEC female plug on the end to go into the 20 amp male IEC on the back of the Hydra. Ths is a different design than the 15 amp IEC plug. The Python you bought should be excellent for this purpose.