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Going to have a dedicated line installed- What should i know to ask for?

Im going to have my electrician install a dedicated line or two.
He is a very experienced professional electrician, but not necessarily very familiar with the Audiophile world.

What should i know to ask in advance so i can save money later?

As a note- My main draw is a pair of Joule-Electra VZN-100 OTL's that draw about 800w together.
Rest of m system is pretty Avarage:
Merlin BAM(Fixed eq box for Merlin speakers)
Tube pre
DAC
CD Player
Miscellaneous low power devices.

Thanks!
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@french_fries ,
You could do what I did and add a subpanel for your audio lines. The electrician tied into my house service panel and installed two dedicated 20A breakers, Romex, and 2 Hubbell duplexes which are grounded to the subpanel (not self-grounded).

Dedicated lines are not completely isolated, but in my case, the noise floor was lowered and a buzzing sound from an old circuit was eliminated.
And @jea48 helped advise me along the way.

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