The 20 amp question

[Neil McCauley]

Paul McGowan writes:

On my recent visit to Japan, I was working with a high-end dealer who had a beautiful set of Dan D’Agastino’s monoblock amplifiers on display. He and I both wanted to pit the BHK monos against these copper-beauties which we did. Helping him disconnect the D’Agastinos from the wall I noticed the amps sported 20 amp IEC inputs that needed a special power cord. Tracing the cable back to the wall socket I had to laugh. An adapter was in use. A 20 amp to 15 amp “cheater plug” because the dealer hadn’t a bonafide 20 amp AC receptacle—not only defeating the purpose of the 20 amp inlet—and limiting power cable selection—but also adding an unwanted layer between the wall socket and amplifier.

I see these 20 amp to 15 amp cheaters in a lot of installations and it raises several questions, one of which I address in .....

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[farflungstar]

All my gear wth the exception of the sp10 is wired straight into their own spurs from the mains. I wouldn't use a cheater plug.