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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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vair68robert
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nonoise

I think you are confusing power and noise ,
stable voltage is a good thing but there could be ( is ) a lot of noise on the AC  power lines . 
elizabeth is talking about noise not voltage .
She has tried some of the same things I have ,
I'm curious about the use of the crystals , something I might try .


 
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geoffkait and all

I had a similar effect with the Noise Harvesters ,
I tested the sound effect of using 1 thru 5 , the first noticeable affect 
occurred with 2 but the most dramatic effect was when I used 5 .
I've thought about adding more  someday .
We all know fluorescent lights and dimmers are terrible noise producers ,
also so any motor compressor or furnace fan are large contributors .
My Harvesters  are like xmas tree lights when the furnace kicks on or the dinning room light dimmer is being used .
I place electric tape over the light to guide the light sideways .

I use a filter called Green Wave placed in the outlets of the 
refrigerator , deep freezer , washing machine and computer .
I use AudioPrism Quiet Line filters with the TVs in the house .
All plugged in equipment except the stereo are plugged into
Tripp-lite Isobars , surge protections and some noise filtering .

It was an interesting experiment when listening to a song over and over again when placing different filters in different outlets and hearing the effect . 










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vair68robert
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I'm always amazed at how a tread can take a turn from the original statement or question .
The HF meter is a good tool , but a better one would be an oscilloscope
where you can see the interference on the AC sign wave .

As for the PS Audio noise harvesters , 
don't look just listen . 
I noticed a minor improvement with 2 and a larger one with 5 
all on the stereo systems circuit .

 
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elizabeth

I have thought about a few more , so your going to 7 and experience with them is inspiring me to add a couple more .
Have you tried listening to a passage over and over again by adding one at a time to hear the improvements ? 

I have 1 in the amp outlet , 2 in the outlet just before the amp and
2 more on my 10 gauge wired outlet strip before the outlet with 2 .
My isolation transformer is connected to the last box in the circuit 
( connected by using Cardas in-wall 10 gauge cable hard wired to the wall box and connected with a Furutech IEC connector ) with the amp being the next to last outlet on the circuit , a AudioQuest NGR outlet .

Some day maybe a dedicated circuit .
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vair68robert
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Thank You Elizabeth 

Not only have you saved me some money but you are giving me some information ( I looked up Blu Tak ) and advise about using B T around the N Hs . 

Eventually we all have to say enough is enough or I'm done .
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