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I have a 20 amp circuit installed just for my home theater equipment. The problem is that my current power surge protector power bar (cheap Noma) is only rated for a maximum 15 amp circuit. My friend who is an electrician said that the power bar will be okay to use with the 20 amp circuit because CSA ratings are conservative. Just to be on the safe side, do you guys have any suggestions on a different power surge protector that would be compatible with my 20 amp circuit? Any other electrical whizzes out there? Will I be okay?

Thanks

Not being sarcastic, but do you think you'll pull over 15A from your home theatre setup?

Is there a light show? Maybe something picked up at Triumph's garage sale?

Bren R.

I picked up a 20 amp circuit because I was pretty sure other people on the forum had it also.

I keep a glowing tritium vial on my receiver to improve dynamics. I can sell you one.

I want one. Those are sweet.

In any case, you can get a PDU (power distribution unit, read expensive power strip) that goes from 20 amp to 15 amp outlets from a number of computer accessory manufacturers, such as tripp-lite or APC. I suspect they also have surge protectors. However, such devices are often quite expensive. I wouldn't worry too much about using a 15 amp strip, especially if you're plugging the amp directly to the wall.

The amp is not being plugged directly into the wall. All of my components are plugged into the surge protector.

Yeep. It might also be informative for you to get a kill-a-watt and hook it up to your stuff to see how much current you're really drawing.

Is it not common practice to plug everything into a surge protector, including a amp/amps? I would never plug any of my equipment directly into the outlet, posing the risk of it getting zapped.

Generally, from what I've seen, people don't plug amps and subs into surge protectors.

My sub is not, and my receiver is plugged into my UPS merely because of bad outlet placement.

I now have all but my TV plugged into my Belkin PF60. I now know I draw about 0.7A when everything is on and playing at reasonable levels, actually just having the receiver on draws the 0.6A the rest barely adds anything.