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Building New House - dedicated ele. best practices

I'm in the middle of building a new house with a dedicated home theater. I'll be putting in dedicated 20 amp circuits for the electronics (amp is an Earthquake Cinenova Grande 7). Anyone have some suggestions for making a good electrical circuit - including brands for electrical wire, circuit breaker and outlet?

Budget is $500 for the electrical circuit.
Thanks!
shak
lapierre
547 posts
 
Having recently installed two separate 20 amp circuits my electrician was also concerned about ground noise. Double check the grounding.

My run from the electrical panel is 75' using 14 ga with Shunyata Research SR-Z1 AC Outlet.
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alrau1
56 posts
 
Lapierre,

If your 20 amp circuits really are wired with 14 gauge, your electrician screwed up big-time. As I stated above (and the NEC states constantly), 12 gauge is the minimum for 20 amp circuits.
lapierre
547 posts
 
Correct sir. It's 12 ga.
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