Need Help with Hum


I have a Krell 400cx, Krell KPS-25sc, Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista SACD, CAST cables, Von Gaylord Chinchilla ICs, Siltech Power cords, Siltech speaker cables, Rotel power conditioner, JM Lab Mini-Utopia, JM Lab Sub.

The system was working perfectly; not a spec of hum, dead silence.
I installed separate 30 amp and two 20 amp lines for the system, Hubbell outlets, and ran the wires below the floor to the outlets. IT all works but now the system has a faint hum but only when the Krell KPS preamp/CD is on.

Can anyone help me as to a starting point to diagnose the problem?
I am most appreciative. The work was done by an electrician who specializes in these kinds of home-tech installations and will also try to address it but I thought I would also ask all for ideas.
huntermusic
You guys are great. I printed out all your suggestions and will discuss with the electrician. I will only fiddle with wires myself as a last resort. Thank you so much. This is why I love this sport.

h.
The polarity checker for checking to make sure the wires are correct only costs 5 bucks and you just plug it in, I'd do this to make sure they are right. Besides you can check the other outlets in your house while you're at it. I had a similar issue and it was just that my wiring mess behind my system needed to be better organized.
Two things that might cause your problem...
If the branch circuit home runs are long you may have a ground loop problem. How far would you say they are from the receptacles to the main electrical panel? Try connecting the three equipment grounding conductors together at the receptacle roughin boxes . This will create one common star ground point close to your equipment.
Second problem could be, if I understand you correctly, you had three new dedicated circuits installed. Each with a seperate 20 amp single pole breaker. I am just guessing but I believe the electrician put one circuit on "A" phase L1, Next circuit on "B" phase L2 and the last circuit on L1 or L2. Have the electrician put them all on the same phase. Either L1 or L2, but not both. You could put your power amp, the #10 wire conductor on one 20amp single pole breaker and the other two circuits, the #12 wire conductors on one 20 amp single pole breaker. Just make sure they are both on the same phase. I would try this first before the ground fix.
One thing more, make sure the electrician connected the equipment grounding conductors to the neutral/grounding bar in your main electrical panel. This method is for a house main service panel. The neutral is bonded to ground by the grounding electrode conductor on this bar. All branch circuit neutrals and equipment grounding conductors terminate on this bar.

Hope this will help,Jim