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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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geoffkait
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I do not relish being the one to point out that whilst anti-static foam might possibly have some affect on the static electric charge build-up in the equipment chassis, even when the chassis is grounded, it can have no effect on radio frequency interference RFI, which is a totally different animal. RF has no electrical charge. I hate to be the bearer of bad gnus. 🐂 🐂 🐂
audiosens
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Elizabeth, is it possible to show, with pictures, the cristal bags in places ? I think that Bybee also use some cristal in their device too ?
vze2r8xz
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Have a similar experience where plugging one into the wall yields absolutely no blinking light, but plugging one into my power conditioner certainly has an effect. Mind you this is a house made in the 1920's.The unit actually acts up the most when I power on or off my PC (computer that is).
12blistn
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I got two of those harvesters, also.  My HT/2ch is in the living room on a shared 20A circuit.  When I plugged 1 into the shared wall circuit, it blinked a little and then went out,  When I plug the other one into the front outlet of my Furman Elite 20-PFI, it blinks constantly.  It will stop if I turn my power amps off.  The other one  still doesn't blink either way.  I did switch the harvesters to make sure they were both working.  Most of my components are plugged into the back of the Furman that is plugged into the same shared line.  I really can't say I notice a difference in the sound quality either way.

Anyone have an explanation as to what might be going on?
elizabeth OP
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If the Harvester stops blinking when you turn something off. Clearly that particular something is spewing HF junk into the line. I am going on the possible unmentioned ?fact? that the amps are plugged into the Furman? IF the amps are plugged into the wall.. Then yeah it is a mystery.              
If the amps are plugged into the wall, and not the Furman. Try unplugging everything else going into the Furman .. except the amps left on. Does the (still also plugged in and turned on) Furman Harvester still blink?         
Another crazy wild guess is the amps are sucking up whatever is on the line?? and when turned off that HF junk is free to wander.      
(if the amps use a digital switching power supply those do make HF noise)
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