I'm building a sound proof room dedicated for audio recording its in my backyard and a couple feet away from my house...I'm at the stage where I need to call a electrician to install my wall plugs...what can i ask him to do to help make my audio equipment run smoothly and more efficiently?....any help would be appreciated
What do i tell my Electrician to do
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JimmyS1969
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^YEP^
rob aylestone
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Being British, our rules are a bit different - grounding of out buildings here can be tricky - but the basic things I would do would be to separate gear that must remain on (in my case, that's some computers, the broadband router and a NAS drive) and the rest, which I have working via a switch on the wall, near the exit. This means I can walk out, hit a switch and the power to the amps, the keyboards, computer monitors, the other gizmos, all goes off. Best idea I've had. On my return, that one switch, powers everything up.
In the UK, we use ring circuits as standard, but my studio is run from radial circuits, not a ring. This would confuse UK electricians who rarely do radial circuits nowadays.
My lighting circuits are also split - one switch is work lights - hard and bright, and the second switch is lights that illuminate the work area, like the desk with the DAW and keyboard. A third one, puts pools of lights on a keyboard area and of course, my guitar collection.
In the UK, we use ring circuits as standard, but my studio is run from radial circuits, not a ring. This would confuse UK electricians who rarely do radial circuits nowadays.
My lighting circuits are also split - one switch is work lights - hard and bright, and the second switch is lights that illuminate the work area, like the desk with the DAW and keyboard. A third one, puts pools of lights on a keyboard area and of course, my guitar collection.
Slouching Raymond
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Good idea Rob. In my little Esmono room, everything is powered from one dining room wall socket, just outside it.
Inside the room are a bunch of 6 way extension cables, which have little switches on each socket.
Can't get to the main wall socket, due to storage racks full of music related junk in the way.
Those little socket switches are un-reliable, and often remain on when switched off.
I have to grovel on the floor in the dark to hit 6 of those little switches to power up everything.
However, I know I can just press the button on my amp simulator, plug in an electric guitar, and listen on headphones.
rob aylestone
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In the UK we are simply not allowed to bang in ground rods like this. Funny how rules, based on safety differ in certain countries. In big organisations like the BBC, it used to be common to have a technical ground and an electrical ground, but that is now frowned upon because current can flow between them, and so much gear nowadays has chassis bonded to electrical ground causing, not solving ground loops.