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Discovering I may have the cleanest AC power in USA

PS Audio Noise Harvesters are on sale. $50 each.. So naturally I had to buy a pair. 36 hours later in my home.Well I clean the prongs, Caig Gold them, and plug them in.
Nothing.
Nothing.
I am wondering broken? DOA?
I move them to other outlets not on my stereo in the kitchen, in the bathroom (the bathroom has a air cleaner plugged in the same outlet, motor running). OK a single blink.
I remember the dimmer thing. Plug the Noise Harvesters into the stereo again.. and turn on the only dimmer in the place (in the bedroom, on a different circuit) KABLAM!!! Now they are blinking pretty regular. OK they are NOT broken.They also blink when I put them on an Adcom AC box also on different circuit than stereo. Both the Cable internet box and the WiFi box are on it. And yes they blink every minute or so.I checked the Furman REF 20 outlets, no blink. The direct to the amp.. no blink.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
So I apparently have just naturally the cleanest AC line in America? (For my stereo equipment.)
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Part of it may be the fact I packed the duplex enclosure 20 amp single line I use for the stereo with small quartz crystals coated with Automotive dielectric grease, in small baggies, the duplex is also the Furutech GTX NCF type, and the wall plugs are also filled with the loose small quartz crystals, plus some flattened baggies of the crystals wrapped around the outside shell of the plugs at the wall
Good thing I only ordered two of the Noise Harvesters. More are not needed. (and I actually do not even need the two. but that is OK. I can keep them as a sentinel, to know if I ever get noise on the lines.
So I do not know if my home made anti noise crystals work magic? (along with the Furutech NCF which is basically a refined version of my own crystals) or if I really do have some of the cleanest AC around. (PS I live in a 90 unit apartment building, folks above below, around me. Things like my frig I have several ferrite cores with the AC zipcord wire wrapped in and around them, ditto air cleaners, lamps..
elizabeth

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kodak805
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I live in a very rural area in SE TN.  There are no industrial or commercial facilites within dozens of square miles.  My house is the first structure off the power transformer.  The power line from that utility pole is buried all the way to my home's service entrance.  I have two separate dedicated lines in my listening room, one for the digital front end and the other for the power amps.  There are no light dimmers or video equipment in the room.

I purchased an Akiko Corelli passive power conditioner:

https://www.akikoaudio.com/en/products/488-akiko-audio-power-conditioner-corelli-english

Given the highly favorable reviews, I was expecting dramatic results.  I was not hearing this.  I got curious and wanted to know exactly what was going on and so I bought this:

https://www.alphalabinc.com/product/plm/

It is a power lince meter that displays noise on a power line in mV.  It also has a speaker which makes the noise audible.

The Akiko Corelli was not doing anything.  Sometimes the noise level actually increased with the unit plugged in.  I sold it.

It is quite startling how much noise actually rides on a  residential power line.  I am not convinced a cheap wall wart device such as the Noise Harvester discussed here will do much to reduce that doise no matter the wishfull\ thinking involved.
kodak805
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The Alpha Lab Power Line Meter (and/or equivalent device) is the only objective method of determining exactly what noise is on the power line.

To eliminate doubt of the efficacy of the Noise Harvester merely monitor the noise level with the Noise Harvester in and out of the system.

If a $2200.00 highly engineered Akiko Audio Corelli passive power conditioner did nothing to reduce noise artifacts on the power line, I seriously doubt a $50.00 Noise Harvester will have any beneficial effect. 

Any experimentation without a calibrated meter is merely guessing, wishful thinking and a waste of time.
kodak805
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Forget any speculation as to what a Noise Harvester can and cannot do or what a more expensive device might do better.  Again, without a properly calibrated power line meter there is no objective way to know.

A blinking led will not tell you very much, especially given the tolerances in a cheaply made device.  For the price of less than three Noise Harvesters the doubt is easily resolved.  
kodak805
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Well Elizabeth, I cannot disagree with your purchase suggestions. So, unless you are reluctant to find out what may be revealed by any measurement device, why not buy one and let us know what you find?
kodak805
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Elizabeth,  I am in no way trying to tell you what to do.  I was merely providing information from my own experience.  It was you after all who began this thread regarding clean power.

Respectfully, you are the one who criticized my choice in a power level meter and suggested alternative devices.  That is fine.  This forum is to inform.  My curiosity has long been satisfied regarding my own power needs.  I was merely hoping i might be of some modest help to others.

I apologize if my tone offended in any way.
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