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My high-end system is located in an area of our home that used to be a tool storage, now converted to a living space. There is nothing sub-standard about it's conversion or modification other than the fact there is no "piped in" heat to this room which forces me to run a space heater (a new one and CSA approved)in the room. Much attention was paid to dedicated lines and proper audio set-up procedures, but I am wondering, other than the normal sonic degradation from a computer on standby and the heater running, kicking in and out when necessary, could this possibly cause a power surge disturbing enough to cause any damage to my tube amp and/or somehow send some type of irregular surge throughout the line which would cause "stress" on the amplifiers circuits or shorten the life of tubes etc. Probably a silly question, but just thought I'd ask...... Audioman
When you're not using the room, how close to outside temperature does it get? What struck me is whether or not you should be concerned that changing temperatures and humidity may cause problems long term with the veneers on your speaker cabinets. Just a thought.
When I am pre-heating the room for a night of occupational listening, it may reach temps. of say 73,74 degrees. When room is not occupied, it may only dip to say 68 degrees at the lowest. I don't think this is enough of a threat to be concerned, the only thing I was wondering was if space heaters and other devices, small halogen desk lamps and computers kicking on and off would have any weakening or "residual" effect on power tubes or the longevity of the tube amp itself. I would like to believe that the designers of tube and other amps, would have alloted for such things in selecting power supplies for their designs, but I am reasonably certain the mfg'ers of cheap space heaters and cheap halogen desk lamps as well as computers, put no thought into the power criteria of their products. Believe it or not, I had a 27" Hitachi t.v. once, while I owned Naim equipment, that everytime the kids turned it on, my amp would buzz so disturbingly loud it was annoying. It took months for me to figure out what was causing this. Safe to say, the t.v. is now long gone, I sold it because it peed me off that much... A-man
Probably not, especially if the electrical leads are properly terminated, you have a good ground, and the conductors are a good size(12-10 awg). this will help ensure any fluctuations are "dampened" out by your power utility . If you are still worried then perhaps you should try to measure any fluctuations that may occur on the line while the space heater is turning on/off. Then multiply the difference from steady state and peak state. If its greater than 10-15 volts, Iwould look into getting a power conditioner that produces a balanced ac op from the conditioner. Any noise geneated on the line from a steady state gets cancelled out in your amplifiers transformer by a push-pull effect. But i really wouldn't worry about it unless you can hear buzzes and opos through the amp while the heater is turning on/off. Good luck
Heath
the difference between steady state and the peak is 10-15 volts, Not "multiply the difference". Shit happens
Heath
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