Looking for thread on new circuit recommendations

[jmusica]

Thought I'd bookmarked a thread with a bunch of recommendations for running a dedicated circuit, specific enough that I'd give it to my electrician. Can't find it. Anyone point me to it?

Maybe I'm over-thinking it. Good quality 10g cable like Armorlite, good outlet, silver or silver-tung breaker, done.

I was thinking of running 2 dedicated circuits to my gear (I have 2 unused breaker slots) - one for amp, one for everything else.

[brad225]

The 10 ga wire is fine and suggested. As far as the 2 unused breakers be sure they are on the same phase.

On my Square D panel that makes the breakers locate across from each other. One on the left side and one on the right side. Your electrician may need to move another load to accommodate this but is is no problem.

When we were renovating our home and I told the electrician I wanted 10 ga wire for all of the outlets. He said that is ridiculous. I told him if I wanted to be able to weld in my room that was my business. He didn't think that was funny at all.

[jmusica]

Found this, looks like a lot of useful info, much however I don’t understand.

In-wall cable upgrade from 10/2 Romex?

[BlueFox]

I have three dedicated 20 amp lines of 10g wire; one for each amp and one for the preamp and Lumin. Each line has a Shunyata AC outlet, and a Shunyata power conditioner on it. Also all gear has a Shunyata power cable. Sounds great.

[jmusica]

Right now I'm thinking the VH Audio cryo 10g Romex with Furutech outlets, 1 circuit for amp, 1 for everything else.

Not really clear on the ground stuff, or whether the Romex should be run in some kind of conduit (it will be in the attic).

[brad225]

As long as the Romex is installed properly, the conduit would be not necessary.

If you were to run THHN, which is separate #10 wires then you would need conduit. That would be 1 red or black for the power, 1 white for the neutral and 1 green for the ground. How many THHN wires you can group together will be determined by the size of the conduit. The conduit would need to run all the way from your breaker panel to your receptacle boxes in the wall. It becomes more complicated with THHN and conduit.

Is it an unfinished attic space with other wires providing power to other locations in the house? If so properly secured Romex cable runs should be fine.

[Audioseduction]

I have 4 dedicated 20A circuits using 10/2 Romeo. 1 for each mono blocks, one for the ML speakers, and one for the front end equipment which consist of music server, DAC, and preamp.

[Speedskater]

Some time ago, Middle Atlantic wrote a great white paper on AC power:

"Integrating Electronic Equipment and Power into Rack Enclosures"
'Optimized Power Distribution and Grounding for Audio, Video and Electronic System'

Then Middle Atlantic changed and the paper disappeared from their web-page.

But luckily Arthur Kelm at Ground One AV, saved a copy:

https://www.ground1.com/pdf/WhitePap...erIntoRack.pdf

[jmusica]

Is it an unfinished attic space with other wires providing power to other locations in the house? If so properly secured Romex cable runs should be fine.

It is. And thanks for the replies! I was probably over-complicating it.

[brad225]

It is. And thanks for the replies! I was probably over-complicating it.

Welcome to my world. I always need to rethink what I am about to do, bringing it to a simple and safe conclusion.

[still-one]

I remember reading through this in the past from Vince at MSB.

How to wire your house for good power? - MSB Technology

[Speedskater]

Vince at MSB tends to exaggerate a lot.