MetalDaze
Member
- Joined
- Aug 13, 2020
- Messages
- 94
- Likes
- 65
Hello all,
I am in the U.S. & have a 2.2 / 5.2 home theater set up, running off a single 20amp circuit. The equipment work flow is listed in my signature. I have a seriously heavy duty splitter connected to a short run of 12AWG extension cord from the outlet, which is mounted directly next to my electrical distribution panel (my set up is now in the 'man cave' of the house we moved into). This makes my equipment rack connection cleaner and more convenient. My A21+ occupies one slot on the splitter, connected to an Emotiva CMX-2 (which reduces the amperage from 20 to 15). But hasn't been a real world issue. The other slot is occupied by my Panamax MR5100, which also takes the available current down to 15amps if I'm not mistaken. All of my downstream components not listed above are connected to the MR5100 receptacles. I have another CMX-2 connected to one of the "high current" receptacles on the Panamax which has my XPA-4 Gen3 on it for the surrounds and center.
On another high current receptacle I have my APC UPS 1100 for my PC, Xbox, TV etc in the event of power loss. Neither the Panamax or the APC UPS regulate voltage. They only display the voltage on the front screen.
As the title states, consistently the APC UPS which is plugged into the Panamax displays a voltage of 2-3 volts higher than what the Panamax display says. So if the Panamax "Automatic Voltage Monitoring" shows 115 volts, the UPS will display 117 or sometimes 118 volts.
To get a fair idea of what my available line voltage is at any given time, I usually average the two. I dislike using the system during times of heavy utility demand, or the like, ergo mid summer during the days when the voltage sag becomes noticeable. If my average available voltage is less than 115 volts I opt to not turn on the big amps, and just use the pass through audio to my TV with my receiver in standby, or switch to my headphones.
Outside the summer months, this isn't much to pay attention to. My normal incoming voltage from the utility company is anywhere between 118 - 123 volts (the latter usually seen very late in the evening when power demand is minimal)
My only completely baseless guess as to why this occurs is that the Panamax is displaying the line voltage available after all else has been distributed to the utilized receptacles, within the unit itself. I've done some internet sleuthing but came up with very little when trying to research a possible answer.
As another bit of background I've had the system set up this way, through multiple dwellings. And the differences in voltage monitoring has always been there, at the same magnitude.
This has been a bit of a head scratcher for me, any one else experience something similar or have any ideas?
I am in the U.S. & have a 2.2 / 5.2 home theater set up, running off a single 20amp circuit. The equipment work flow is listed in my signature. I have a seriously heavy duty splitter connected to a short run of 12AWG extension cord from the outlet, which is mounted directly next to my electrical distribution panel (my set up is now in the 'man cave' of the house we moved into). This makes my equipment rack connection cleaner and more convenient. My A21+ occupies one slot on the splitter, connected to an Emotiva CMX-2 (which reduces the amperage from 20 to 15). But hasn't been a real world issue. The other slot is occupied by my Panamax MR5100, which also takes the available current down to 15amps if I'm not mistaken. All of my downstream components not listed above are connected to the MR5100 receptacles. I have another CMX-2 connected to one of the "high current" receptacles on the Panamax which has my XPA-4 Gen3 on it for the surrounds and center.
On another high current receptacle I have my APC UPS 1100 for my PC, Xbox, TV etc in the event of power loss. Neither the Panamax or the APC UPS regulate voltage. They only display the voltage on the front screen.
As the title states, consistently the APC UPS which is plugged into the Panamax displays a voltage of 2-3 volts higher than what the Panamax display says. So if the Panamax "Automatic Voltage Monitoring" shows 115 volts, the UPS will display 117 or sometimes 118 volts.
To get a fair idea of what my available line voltage is at any given time, I usually average the two. I dislike using the system during times of heavy utility demand, or the like, ergo mid summer during the days when the voltage sag becomes noticeable. If my average available voltage is less than 115 volts I opt to not turn on the big amps, and just use the pass through audio to my TV with my receiver in standby, or switch to my headphones.
Outside the summer months, this isn't much to pay attention to. My normal incoming voltage from the utility company is anywhere between 118 - 123 volts (the latter usually seen very late in the evening when power demand is minimal)
My only completely baseless guess as to why this occurs is that the Panamax is displaying the line voltage available after all else has been distributed to the utilized receptacles, within the unit itself. I've done some internet sleuthing but came up with very little when trying to research a possible answer.
As another bit of background I've had the system set up this way, through multiple dwellings. And the differences in voltage monitoring has always been there, at the same magnitude.
This has been a bit of a head scratcher for me, any one else experience something similar or have any ideas?