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Another note .... I am using a "Monster" power center for the primary
pieces of equipment to utilize the AC filtering networks. It has a line
voltage meter on the front panel. Our voltage is typically pretty good
around here .... 123 VAC is the norm. When I turn the 50" plasma on the
voltage droops to 118 volts. When the 1200 watt Velodyne sub kicks in,
the volt meter bounces around in time with the music being played,
affected also by the scenes being displayed on the plasma monitor and how
bright or how much color is contained. Voltage averages about 115 volts.
That's quite a droop due to current draw.



You have a problem with either your branch wiring (small gauge, bad taps,
long length) or the connections at the service panel or outlet. You should
never have a voltage drop of more than 6 volts on a fully loaded circuit.
If you live in a newer home my guess is you have 14 gauge wire (15 amp)
and not 12 (20 amp) which suffers far less from voltage drop.



That's the problem. It's a large house, built in 1996-97, the 15 amp
branches *are* 14 gauge and the room the equipment is set up in is the
furthest from the power distribution panel, like about 200 feet, maybe more.
It's actually an "in-law" apartment that was never used, so I took it over
for my "stuff". The kitchen has the appropriate, dedicated 20 amp services
for the appliances, but the living room outlets all run off a single, 15 amp
service. It was obviously never intended to power all the stuff I have in
it.

Fortunately, there's an unused, 50 amp (240 volt split) sub-service nearby
that I can tap into. I'll have to get another sub-panel with breakers and
run a couple of lines into the apartment.



Plasma's average around 100 watts (or less) power consumption over LCD's.
Some even come in lower than LCD's after proper calibration.
To me the better viewing experience is worth the extra $40 per year.

I agree. And contrary to popular myth, the plasma TVs are not "short-lived"
due to natural causes. When they first came out they had problems, but
they've been long since resolved. Currently plasma TV's are rated anywhere
from 15,000 to 25,000 hours which equates to about 17 years of average use.
Even then, they still work but the brightness will begin to diminish
noticeably. In 17 years, we'll be watching 3-D holographic laser images on
our coffee table.

We have three HD plasmas plus an older "ED" plasma. All are 43 inch except
the one I use which is a 50".
It draws just over 5 amps when producing a bright, very colorful scene and
drops to 3 amps or so when the source input is darker.

Fortunately, the other big power consumer, the Velodyne 15" sub, has massive
power supply caps that can provide the instantaneous power when required. I
think otherwise I'd be popping a breaker everytime an explosion with flames
occur on a stupid movie.

Eisboch



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