stupid audio question

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zappy said:
Is that subpanel just for your audio equipment:smile:
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Yep. A 50a breaker in my main panel feeds this panel via 6/3 NM. The breakers are all 15a 1/2-space GE's. I used this panel because of the offset location of the guts, which gave me room for a 4p 25a contactor I had laying around.

This contactor allows the pre/pro's 12v switched output to control four of the circuits. These feed (1) the switched electronics, which don't need standby power, (2) the stereo amplifier, (3) the five-channel amplifier, and (4) the pair of subwoofer amplifiers.

Two of the unswitched circuits supply (1) the unswitched electronics, which have clocks and/or memories, and (2) the projector. The remaining two circuits are slated for lighting if and whenever. There are two more 3-gang holes above the receptacles.

By the way, also inside the panel is a 12v reed relay that is fed by the yellow shielded cable via an RCA jack I installed in the cover of the panel. The reed relay controls a small 10a cube relay, which in turn controls the contactor.

It was necessary to cascade relays like that because the 12v output is low current, and the reed relay's 1a contact couldn't handle the contactor's coil current directly. They're mounted on perf-board in a plastic box in the panel.
 
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Larry- I'd say that's excessive, but nothing exceeds like excess :D. Looks nice. Kinda reminds me of a a friend that -didn't- put the stereo on the critical loads panel, since it drew too much. (The hot tub circulator pump was on it, though.)

I, OTOH, have sometimes wired my remote speakers with CAT5 I had laying around. Since I'm only using a 40w/ch amp and aren't runing movies, it works well enough. I"ve also used some 14/2 SO that somebody handed me.

z!
who appreciates the good stuff but isn't willing to pay for it.
 
Sorry Larry, but your pathetic home entertainment center is no match for mine:

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