Power conditioner?
- Thread starter solspirit
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If there is something mis-wired in the house, then the solution is to fix that first, but are you getting noise? Through an amp? What else is connected? Before I bought anything, I would confirm that whatever you have connected doesn't have noise coming through it if it is plugged in another building...just make sure it isn't the device itself instead of the power.
As far as conditioners, you can spend a lot of money on them. I use simple Furman power strip types, but if you have a more serious issue, they might not work. I got these, as they are also surge suppressors, and lightning here can cause that pretty easily.
As far as conditioners, you can spend a lot of money on them. I use simple Furman power strip types, but if you have a more serious issue, they might not work. I got these, as they are also surge suppressors, and lightning here can cause that pretty easily.
GuitarStv
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A lot of line noise comes from other devices causing draw, surges, and general interference.
So I just ran a new separate circuit for my guitar amp from the panel in the basement (and another one for my recording stuff). It's just the cost of several feet of romex and a new breaker - way cheaper than trying to fix the problem with power conditioners and sidesteps most of the problems that they're supposed to fix.
So I just ran a new separate circuit for my guitar amp from the panel in the basement (and another one for my recording stuff). It's just the cost of several feet of romex and a new breaker - way cheaper than trying to fix the problem with power conditioners and sidesteps most of the problems that they're supposed to fix.
solspirit
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Thay sounds like a simple fix. I plug in about 6' from the panel.
But, would heat be one of the culprits? It's been pretty hot for the last few weeks.
GuitarStv
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Heat itself won't cause any issues. There's an off chance that the heat could cause transformers to fail somewhere out there in power company land which might introduce noise into the line. It's also possible that if there's very high demand (everyone kicking on A/C all at once) that this would cause a voltage drop in the power coming to your house which could make some noise or weird behaviour of equipment.
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donaldr
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That's how I run power to my music room: 2 separate circuits from the power panel.
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JMP/HBE
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Artie
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Piezo? Did you maybe mean "ferro?" Their was a company called "Best Power", that was absorbed by "Eaton Power", that made a UPS/Power Conditioner that boasted a ferroresonant transformer. (FERRUPS.) Supposedly, it was designed such that its natural resonant point was 60 Hz, thus, it's first line of filtering and regulation was just the transformer itself. You'd still have a decent amount of power conditioning even if the rest of the circuit failed.
http://nationwidepower.com/product/eaton-ferrups-fe/
http://nationwidepower.com/product/eaton-ferrups-fe/
donaldr
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The guy (agedhorse in talk bass.com) who designed some Mesa bass amps advised against using a typical ups/power conditionner with amps. I think it's because they don't give enough peak current when needed and the amp is working sub-specs. Balanced power conditioners where suggested but are expensive (except if you go for some chinese products that are not certified for north america and use them are your own risks).