I am in the process of installing a dedicated HT in my basement and am nearly ready to install the power for the gear rack. I plan on running some lines directly from the breaker box to the gear rack so the gear isn't sharing power with anything else in the house. The question I have is what do I really need as far as power? Will dual 15 amp curcuits do or do I really need 20 amp curcuits? I will have my Musical Fidelity and HK 5800 power amps on one curcuit and the pre amp and sources on the other line. TV will be on another curcuit as well seperate from the others I think.
My musical fidelity amp has a sticker on the back indicating a 500 watt / 5 amp draw (its a class A amp) and the other amp is a HK5800. Sound and Vission had this to say about the HK amp
"The amp sucked a lot of current from the wall at full cry, causing a drop of no less than 9 volts (from a 118-volt draw at idle) when it was fully clipping into multiple 4-ohm loads on the test bench"
Does that help determine my needs for the amps?
My musical fidelity amp has a sticker on the back indicating a 500 watt / 5 amp draw (its a class A amp) and the other amp is a HK5800. Sound and Vission had this to say about the HK amp
"The amp sucked a lot of current from the wall at full cry, causing a drop of no less than 9 volts (from a 118-volt draw at idle) when it was fully clipping into multiple 4-ohm loads on the test bench"
Does that help determine my needs for the amps?
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