Serious Mains Upgrade...

Posted by: Tim Danaher on 01 October 2002

...probably the most serious it's possible to get.

Some of you may have read on the forum about the mains oddness that we've been having lately(surges and brownouts and powercuts). Anyway, Western Power have replaced the old substation causing all the oddness with a brand new, shiny one, and f***k me, if I haven't seen an amazing increase in clarity and detail and reduction in 'mush'. It feels like I just got a NAC 52!! The substation is also only 150 metres from my house, which I suppose must help...

Cheers,

Tim

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[This message was edited by Richard Dane on TUESDAY 01 October 2002 at 11:40.]

Posted on: 01 October 2002 by Tarquin Maynard - Portly

What stand is it on?

Mike

Posted on: 01 October 2002 by NB

But does it make the tea taste any better??

Regards

NB

Posted on: 01 October 2002 by Noel

The difference is probably due to a Mana support underneath the substation!

Posted on: 01 October 2002 by Stephen H

You torched the old one didn't you?

Posted on: 01 October 2002 by Tim Danaher

quote:
Originally posted by Stallion:
Tim, if you get a chance read the current Russ Andrews thread and observe how relevant your experience is to some of what's being discussed there.

Congratulations on the mains getting better in your area, btw. What area of Wales do you live in? Up here in Wrexham I've not experienced the sort of things you mention.

Marco.

Marco -- I live in Wales' newest city' (yawn) Newport. Ever heard the saying "You can't polish a turd"?

Anyway, quite a few streets around here had equipment wrecked and Western Power have been running around doling out compensation by the bucketload. My system was untouched, but of course this had to happen in the week that Naim launched the NAP 300. StephenH -- 'Never mind about torching the substation -- I was severely temped to torch my system...

Cheers,

Tim

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Posted on: 01 October 2002 by Martin Payne

quote:
Originally posted by Stallion:
There are no large city's like Cardiff and Swansea near me to muck up my mains supply! With regard to this factor, I do pity those who have to listen to their hi-fi in London...

Marco,

yes, there is RF type crud deposited on the mains by city types, but I understand that farm machinery is notorious for adding harmonic distortion and voltage/current phase anomolies onto the mains.

This latter tends to cause transformer hum, too.

cheers, Martin