Denon AVR-X8500H AVR Review

[amper42]

I will try to dig into that today. BTW, I don't see a "protect" message, it just reboots randomly and picks right back up where it left off.

As a test, have you tried running a quality extension cord to the 8500 and plugging it into another circuit with little on it? If it still has the issue you will know it's not an overload on the home theatre circuit.

 

[Acerun]

As a test, have you tried running a quality extension cord to the 8500 and plugging it into another circuit with little on it? If it still has the issue you will know it's not an overload on the home theatre circuit.

I have an electrician coming today I think there is an issue with the circuit, my Alexa is randomly rebooting as well so I now don't think it is just the Denon

 

[Acerun]

That may be a good sign. If you were right there when that happened, did you hear any relay ""clicks"? I am hoping it may be a bad relay, or a deterirating solder joint, or a bad connection.

Oh it definitely clicks and quite loud. I think I have a problem with the circuit, the electrician should be able to troubleshoot this later today.

 

[Acerun]

Electrician came over, looks like circuit breaker had an issue. Swapped it out and things are looking much more stable and I don't think damage was done. Thank you all for all of the ideas! What a relief. He also measured the draw and it was maybe 2.8 amps on a 20 amp circuit so I am nowhere near overloading that circuit even with lots of purifi amps and subwoofers. That was nice to see.

 

[da Choge]

looks like circuit breaker had an issue

Hope that was the issue -- what a relief! Guess it could pay to try potentially "faulty" components out on a totally different house circuit before assuming the worst.

 

[Acerun]

Hope that was the issue -- what a relief! Guess it could pay to try potentially "faulty" components out on a totally different house circuit before assuming the worst.

Right. Shared experiences.

 

[peng]

Electrician came over, looks like circuit breaker had an issue. Swapped it out and things are looking much more stable and I don't think damage was done. Thank you all for all of the ideas! What a relief. He also measured the draw and it was maybe 2.8 amps on a 20 amp circuit so I am nowhere near overloading that circuit even with lots of purifi amps and subwoofers. That was nice to see.

That's encouraging news. When you mentioned the Alexa was doing the same in your last post, I started to suspect a defective breaker could be the issue but those kind of breakers don't/won't itself automatically. So, such a failure (in that it wouldn't actually trip, but might have contact issue, such as bad connections/high resistance/weakened closing mechanism etc.) would be rare, but it is of course possible. Let's hope that's it. The 8500 is a truly flagship class avr that should have a long life.