IMHO, connecting any wires to water pipes is a poor and objectionable practice. And yes, I know it was a common practice when some of us were small children ...
It never ceases to amaze me how people can have opinions about things that they have no knowledge of.IMHO, connecting any wires to water pipes is a poor and objectionable practice. And yes, I know it was a common practice when some of us were small children ...
It never ceases to amaze me how people can have opinions about things that they have no knowledge of.
(...) But I didn't know how good things could get until I ran a dedicated Ground back to my water pipe from the massive ground post on the Torus.( I used all three wires from my unused 10 amp former dedicated line that was disconnected from the panel.(...)
IMHO, connecting any wires to water pipes is a poor and objectionable practice. And yes, I know it was a common practice when some of us were small children ...
AC power is governed by rules, regulations, codes and laws.It never ceases to amaze me how people can have opinions about things that they have no knowledge of.
it never ceases to amaze me how people can have opinions about things that they have no knowledge of.
The potential problem with attaching ground to the water pipe is lightening. A nearby strike will cause step voltage, or a difference in potential depending on distance from the strike. The step voltage between the water pipe and your service entrance ground could be extremely high, and you are risking electrocution in the case a person is touching a chassis when lightening strikes nearby.
Step voltage is what commonly kills , and is why you keep your feet together when sheltering from lightening.l
The water pipe I am referring to is the main pipe that supplies the whole house.
The Torus is a large isolation transformer.It has a large grounding post .
May I ask the experts where they would run dedicated ground wire from the Torus if not to the main water pipe?
I attached the ground to the pipe on the advise from a retired certified electrician with over 40 years working as an electrician in numerous industries and power generating sites.
The water pipe I am referring to is the main pipe that supplies the whole house.
The Torus is a large isolation transformer.It has a large grounding post .
May I ask the experts where they would run dedicated ground wire from the Torus if not to the main water pipe?
I attached the ground to the pipe on the advise from a retired certified electrician with over 40 years working as an electrician in numerous industries and power generating sites.
The water pipe I am referring to is the main pipe that supplies the whole house.
The water pipe I am referring to is the main pipe that supplies the whole house.
The Torus is a large isolation transformer.It has a large grounding post .
May I ask the experts where they would run dedicated ground wire from the Torus if not to the main water pipe?
I attached the ground to the pipe on the advise from a retired certified electrician with over 40 years working as an electrician in numerous industries and power generating sites.
Thanks for all the info.I wasn't out to snipe anyone.However the tone was set when sticking wires to pipes was something that only toddlers would do was offensive.(...)
Really,my whole point, which you have all missed is that my system sounds better now than it did before, even when I had three dedicated lines.
I've bought Shunyata power conditioners and power snakes, used dedicated lines, HiFi fuses, used 20 amp Furman balanced power conditioner,they all made a difference,but nothing broke thru the crud like the Torus with the extra grounding wire.
My sound improved when I went to one dedicated line to the Torus,but it got better with the grounding wire added to the mix.
My take on this is that you really don't know how big a role grounding has on sound until you hear it for yourself.
I was interested in the topic of grounding and add ons like those from Entreq and other companies.
Just didn't think what was in them justified the cost,and never heard them in a system.
Now I'm wondering what happens to them if there's a fault in the system .
(...) I use a 75 amp torus with (5) 20 amp breakers and 10 gauge Furutech NCF lines to my receptacles. This provides a maximum amount of instantaneous current to my monoblocks, cleans the power from the mains and provides for isolation of all system components from each other. Components, especially SMPS's and digital devices many times cause more power contamination than the mains. Both must be addressed and most means of doing so limit current. Separate lines to a large transformer do this perfectly with no current limitation. Filters and small local transformers can't do this to the same degree. Also, using only three separate lines with mono amps on two lines and digital, analog and preamp all on one line creates the need for a separate isolation and clean-up plan for the components.(...)
a] The internal Safety Ground system that is connected to the Neutral at the main breaker box. It's primary purpose is to trip a breaker in the event of a ground fault (short circuit).
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