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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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nonoise
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I'm not really surprised but then again, happy for your dilemma. 😄
A few years back I checked my outlets daily for 3 days and on the hour, when I could, and it never varied more than +/-2 volts. Very stable and dependable and I live in a 30 unit apartment in a valley of apartments.

I think a lot of what we read about poor power is not all that common and that there is a certain "fear factor" factored into a lot of products out there that are supposed to make our audio lives happier.

Granted, there are some bad places to live, not of our choosing, that need said products, but thankfully, you're not one of them. You can check that boogey man off your list. 👍

All the best,
Nonoise
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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
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Power to the pebble! Hurray!! Or the automotive grease! Whatever!
n80
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Elizabeth, it sounds to me you have only scratched the surface of potential tweaks that exist out there. Heck, make some up on your own. That's what I did. Until now.

Now, I am confident that by a series of incredible coincidences that my system and SQ are thriving on a nearly (nearly) infinite number of variables many of which would be considered unfavorable but that somehow interact in a harmonious augmentation of forces (waves, frequencies, photons, electrons) which have created delightful performance. Now I'm afraid to touch a thing. I think one single crystal or brass cymbal anywhere in the room would bring things crashing down.

My primary 'tweak' now is to meticulously preserve the status quo so that this precarious balance is never disturbed!
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