In-wall power improvements for high end audio systems. It's big!

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Hello fellow audiophiles! I am pleased to share my paper about how to vastly improve your in wall power by using heavier gauge wire and installing dedicated circuits. The details for most questions are in the paper including how to make your electrician comfortable with the concept. The paper repeats several time to get a licensed electrician to do the work. Do not attempt to do this modifications yourself. Please ask any questions and thanks for looking !

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We sell it to many of our customer in Denmark and the produkts you need you it is a round 2500 € and 500 € to be instal in the house.

We only run 16 AMP fuse here.

Best upgrade you can make for yours system for sure.

And there is many ways to do it and in many levels.

Great ider to make what you have done.

Best regards

Henrik

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Hi Vince,

thanks for sharing, very interesting.

Here in Europe we have 16A (230V) current for dedicated lines. I’m totally ignorant about this electrical argument but I suppose the gauge required could be different in our case.

10AWG : 20A(120V) = X : 16A(230V)

Sorry if it’s a silly question.

TIA

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You cant use the same here in eu

Best

Henrik

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Thanks, so what’s the recommended size/gauge of in wall wires in EU? I mean the 3 wires phase/neutral/earth.

And how to twist them along the run? Pics would be much appreciated.

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Hello Henrik,

Thank you for your message. Please explain "You cant use the same here in eu” can’t use what please? thank you

Best Regards,

Vince Galbo
MSB Technology
National Sales Manager
716-688-3527

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Here in EU it’s a common practics use a 6 mm2 copper wire for the main lines from the main breaker to the loads attached, because if you just apply the “Ohm Law” the wire dimension could be less than this (even in some manuals the Ampere/mm2 ratio is not always the same).
If you want to be a “little perverse”, in a good sense, use 10mm2 wires and you’ll be ok also for ease your mind.

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I will be more end happy to have a call whit you about this one day if you are up to that.

We have diffence laws here in eu depends what country we live in thats why sir.

Some countrys the face chance during the Day like in Norway.

Best regards

Henrik

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I have two dedicated 240V, 32A power line runs (~18m length) from the main breaker panel (Distribution Box) direct to the front hifi wall. Each dedicated run used 2Ă—4mm2 (total 8AWG) wires for the Live and Neutral poles, and 1Ă—4mm2 wire for the Ground. At the main breaker panel one dedicated double pole 63A Doepke RCCB and two single pole 32A Doepke Cryo MCB were connected directly to one of the three in-coming phases of the external mains power supply without going through the main breaker panel master power switch or the main RCCB breaker. At the hifi wall end, the 2 dedicated runs are connected to two duplex Furutech GTX-D NCF (R) receptacles with the Furutech GTX wall plates and 106-D NCF receptacle covers.
This will probably give the most direct dedicated power connections from the external mains to the hifi receptacles with their own dedicated RCCB and MCB breaker devices separate from the main house circuit breakers.

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Doepke RCCB and Cryo MCB shown.

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Hey Vince,

Thank you for sharing, interesting.

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