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In Reply to: Oyaide comments and questions posted by kda on July 2, 2007 at 08:28:33:
Examine the other outlets on the circuit with the Oyaide. In some cases, the electricians wired the circuit through the outlets, using the speed connections on the back. This is where the stripped wires are simply plugged into small holes on the backs of the outlets. This saves electrician installation time, but the current then has to pass through knife-edge contacts and the break-away tabs on the sides of the outlets. All the current to your Oyaide passes through these crummy connections at the outlets 'upstream' from the Oyaide.
A better method if you don't want to install dedicated circuits is to rewire all the other outlets using short lengths of wire (pigtails) to connect the outlets to the incoming and outgoing wires in the boxes. Clean the bare wire ends thoroughly and use good-quality wire nuts at each connection. You can install better outlets while you are at it if you want, but with this method the non-audio outlets will no longer be in series with the Oyaide outlet.
I went through my house and rewired all the convenience outlets this way. The speed connections are electrically noisy and can fail after a few years of service with high-current appliances, or in the presence of vibration.
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Follow Ups
- Avoid daisy-chain wiring with speed connections. - Al Sekela 11:15:49 07/02/07 (0)
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