New fusebox and clean power

[Alkyogre]

My wall socket doesn't have protective earth. Because the house was build in a time that it was not mandatory in the living room. This is not only needed for safety reasons, but also for audiophilic reasons. Even in the amps manual, they made clear that protective earth is highly recommended, but what to do if there isn't any? Sadly adding an extra earth cable wasn't also possible, not via the normal way. Too many bends and curves in the walls and ceiling impossible to add an extra cable.


The solution is this: an extra electricity cable with earth will be added under the house. The cable goes directly from the fuse box under the floor to the socket. And doing that, it is best to do it good at once, the audiophilic way

- the fuse box will be replaced by a new one with extra groups
- The audio set will get a group on its own
- The cable is shielded, I choose a lapp cable.
- The fuse is the hifi-tuning supreme
- The wall socket is the Furutech FP-SWS-D



In a few days, everything will be placed, to be continued.

 

[Bones13]

Good luck with install, and be careful!

I was able to add a breaker box for a new, dedicated, 20 amp outlet in my room. All the other outlets are in the “loop”, along with the lights, etc for the room, and the room next to it.

I run the amps direct from dedicated outlet. My source stuff is plugged into either a Niagra 1200, or a Bryston BIT15, in the plain outlets.

 

[Alkyogre]

The power cable is installed. The technician came and placed the lapp cable under the floor, placed the wall socket and the fuse holder.

The result is absolutely tremendous. The amps are performing better, it is better in the lows, the sound is more open. What I also noticed is a better dac performance,

Investing in that separate group was worth every single penny. The difference is huge