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Dave the in wall branch circuit wiring is not Romex.

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In Reply to: RE: Braiding the AC mains feeding a power amp. posted by Crazy Dave on December 06, 2016 at 08:15:05

The three individual #12 insulated conductors are braided together and then pulled into an empty conduit. (The conduct runs from the electrical panel to the wall receptacle rough-in box.)

Maybe it added too much capacitance. Sounds like it was a costly mistake!
I don't think it is a capacitance or inductance problem. I think the braiding pretty much eliminates them from the equation. Though I could be wrong. What does the braiding of the 3 wires do to magnetic fields surrounding the hot and neutral current carrying conductors?
My thought is, what impact might the braiding of the hot, neutral, and equipment ground wires together have on the electromagnetic wave that is traveling from the source, the electrical panel, to the load, the audio equipment. Especially the power amp.

Edits: 12/06/16

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RE: Dave the in wall branch circuit wiring is not Romex. - Crazy Dave 21:09:51 12/06/16 (2)
Everything from the outlets to the breaker in my system is Romex. What is it that you have? Is it code?

Braiding dose add capacitance. it is usually not enough to hurt anything, but it is a possibility. I have never heard of a braided branch circuit, but I don't know everything in the universe.

Dave
- RE: Dave the in wall branch circuit wiring is not Romex. - jea48 21:32:24 12/06/16 (1)
  Everything from the outlets to the breaker in my system is Romex. What is it that you have?
  
  Mine too. 10-2 with ground. Outlet rough-in boxes are plastic.
  Dave,
  Please read my original posted message. EDIT: Sorry Dave, read my response to Duster. Link is provided below.
  All of the guy's equipment is fed from branch circuits with braided #12 wire installed in conduit.
  I was wrong on the power amp. I just leaned the amp is not fed with 120V but rather 240V. Not that, that, is causing the SQ problems.
  - http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/cables/messages/17/170582.h (Open in New Window)
  Edits: 12/07/16
  - RE: Dave the in wall branch circuit wiring is not Romex. - Crazy Dave 14:39:34 12/07/16 (0)
    What confused me is that you said it was stranded. I don't think there is such an thing as stranded Romex. I have also never seen a 240V amp, but have read they do exist. That is out of my sphere of knowledge though.
    
    Dave

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