Audio power line power supply fourteen asked?

Question 1: Why does the light flash when the sound is turned on?

A: This is because when the audio equipment is turned on, due to the large capacity capacitor inside the equipment, it is in a no-load discharge state before shutting down. When the power switch is pressed, the capacitor immediately draws power from the transformer, because the current drawn is very large (called The charging current), so that the power suddenly drops, the fluorescent lamp will naturally darken.

In the general post stage, as long as the sum of the filter capacitors exceeds 20,000μF, this phenomenon occurs when the power is turned on. Therefore, some well-designed high-power amplifiers have a "buffer circuit" when they are turned on, which means that they will be buffered by a large cement resistor during startup, allowing the internal capacitor to be slowly charged. After a while (about a few seconds) The relay is turned on, so that it can protect the fuse from being blown up at once, or avoid the trouble of flashing the lamp.

Question 2: Is the power supply of Taipower really bad?

A: When everyone encounters unstable power supply, it will always be blamed on Taipower before saying anything about the three seven twenty-one. If you understand the people of Taipower, you will definitely defend it vigorously and make a reasonable explanation. In fact, there is no problem with the power supply of Taipower. The phenomenon of unstable power is caused by interference during the distribution process.

Let's start with the power plant. At present, the main power plants in Taiwan Bend are divided into two categories, one is nuclear power generation and the other is a thermal power plant. Whether it is nuclear power or thermal power, they use the power of steam to drive the steam turbine to drive the generator. This is an extremely sophisticated power generation unit. The speed of the turbine is related to the stability of the frequency. There is a computer-controlled shifting system between the large generator and the turbine to ensure a stable output frequency under various loads (60Hz). ). Moreover, the voltage output from the turbine generator is absolutely a stable sine wave voltage. This is the basic physical principle. In other words, there is still a problem in making a skewed sine wave! Therefore, the power sent from Taipower is definitely a stable 60Hz sine wave power. For the problem of interference and voltage instability, please see the next question.

Question 3: Why is it always dangerous to use high voltage when transmitting electricity? Isn't that dangerous?

A: When the voltage exceeds 100V, there is danger. But why is the distribution power of Taipower always above 22KV? Isn't this dangerous?

Of course, it is dangerous, so there is always a striking signboard on the high-voltage electric tower to warn the idlers not to be close, otherwise the risk of electric shock is easy. The use of high-voltage transmission is mainly to save the amount of copper used for wiring, and also to reduce the loss during power transmission. Therefore, the power sent from the power plant is transmitted in an ultra-high voltage. The biggest advantage of ultra-high voltage transmission is that the voltage is high and the current is small. When the electrons flow through the conductor, the heat is calculated by the ratio of the current, not the voltage. Therefore, effectively reducing the current of the conductor can reduce the loss, so Dangerous, but as long as the precautions are taken, the danger can be avoided. Another reason for transmitting at high voltage is to reduce the voltage variation rate at the user end. If it is transmitted in 1:1, that is, the power from the station sends 110V directly to the home, and the voltage of the user terminal will drop by 1V for every 1V of voltage reduction. However, if the 22KV transmission is currently in common use, when the voltage sent by the power plant has a vibration of 1V, the user end has almost no feeling.

Question 4: Why is the voltage in my home often unstable?

A: The situation of unstable voltage often occurs in various households, especially near industrial areas. When a building applies for a Taipower connection, it will match the appropriate power to the building according to the number of the application form, but this is only an estimate. If the electricity consumption of the electricity user exceeds the power capacity originally applied, then It is easy to cause a shortage of power such as a voltage drop. This is not because Taipower does not give you enough power, but users should make a larger application for electricity. For example, an industrial park originally applied for 10,000 kilowatts of electricity. Of course, Taipower has to supply 10,000 kilowatts of electricity supply according to the application. If the electricity consumption of the industrial park exceeds the rated load, the power will of course become tight. Will not be used and dropped. It is useless to talk about it. In fact, as long as a larger application for electricity is submitted to Taipower, the situation of insufficient power supply is easy to solve. So when the power is down next time, please don't move it and curse. Hurry and measure your electricity consumption to see if it exceeds the rated power supply on the electricity contract. If it is in a low voltage state for a long time (for example, the voltage is lower than 100V), it can also react to the Taipower. They will send personnel to change the tap of the user's transformer to restore your voltage to normal.

Question 5: What is the power supply for general household use?

Answer: Household electricity is different from industrial electricity. Not only does the power supply have different forms, but the electricity consumption is also different. The average household does not have large electrical equipment. The most power-consuming power equipment is mostly air-conditioners or electric heaters. The voltage used by these equipments will not exceed 220V. Therefore, the household electricity is mostly used for Class B electricity and 110V single-phase three-wire supply. How to judge? See if your meter is round? If it is, it is indicated as 110V single-phase three-wire supply. If it is a square electric meter, it is the most common 110V single-phase two-wire supply.

The single-phase three-wire has two fire lines and one water line. The two fire lines are mutually inverted 110V/60Hz. After proper connection, two 100V or one 220V wires can be pulled out separately, of which 110V is used for general electrical appliances. The 220V provides air conditioners and electric water heaters. The reason for using the single-phase three-wire power supply method is mainly to save the loss of the power transmission process. With proper wiring, the two 100V wires pulled out from the two live wires, if the power consumption on both sides is equal, according to the principle of phase offset, the waterline will not generate any current, which means that the waterline can be lowered. Wire diameter can also avoid unnecessary power loss. In other words, if you maintain a constant amount of power consumption in your home, there is an opportunity to save power in the most ideal wiring combination.

Question 6: Where does the power interference come from?

A: I just said that the power sent by Taipower is a perfect 60Hz sine wave, but where does the interference come from? In fact, the most important source of interference still comes from the electricity users themselves. Try to think about how many electrical appliances are in your home? How much interference does this electrical appliance produce when plugged into a plug? Air conditioners, electric fans, fluorescent lamps, etc., are not purely resistive loads. They have inductive reactance and capacitive reactance. As long as they are turned on, they will interfere with the power system and parasitic the noise on the power supply. When the fluorescent lamp is turned on, the sound of "啪啪" will be heard, which is the interference of the fluorescent lamp.

Even if you are very clean and self-love, try not to use other electrical appliances when listening to the sound, and you can't guarantee that the electricity should be clean, because the front end of your meter is still connected with other consumers, and others only need to use electrical equipment. It will also cause interference to you, depending on the situation. If you are lucky, you don't feel it. If you are not lucky, you can't use it unless you apply for a user transformer.

Question 7: How to avoid interference?

A: This is a concern of everyone. How to avoid interference? The most direct and effective way is to isolate. Isolation of interference from others and isolation of interference between appliances in my home. Large-scale electrical equipment and computers are the most prone to interference, they generate high-frequency noise, and also generate power harmonics, which are parasitic in the power system to interfere with other electrical products. If you want to get clean power, it is a good method to use an isolation transformer or a power supply filter. By using the principle of insufficient bandwidth of the transformer, the high-frequency noise is filtered out, and only the lower frequency 60 Hz power is passed, so that the filter can be effectively filtered. In addition to high frequency noise or high frequency power harmonics. But the isolation transformer is not a panacea, please see the next question.

Q8: Is the power filter useful?

A: I am more concerned about this issue than you. If there are too many factors in the home to overcome the interference, is the commercially available power filter useful? Let me talk about the working principle of the power filter. Simply put, the materials used in the power filter are mostly inductors, capacitors, etc., and the capacitors and inductors are assembled into a "low-pass filter" that allows only 60 Hz (or less) frequencies to pass, blocking more than 60 Hz. The signal (or noise), in order to achieve the purpose of filtering out noise.

There are several kinds of power filters, some have voltage regulation function, and have the ability to automatically adjust the output voltage. Different combinations of transformer taps can be used to detect the circuit with relays and connect different taps to achieve immediate adjustment. For the purpose of output voltage, most computer voltage regulators work for this purpose. But please don't forget that when the relay is connected to the tap, it will also generate a surge, which is another kind of interference to the power supply. Also, the characteristic of the low-pass filter is to block the passage of higher frequency signals. If the speed of the power supply of the amplifier is greater than the power supply capability of the low-pass filter, a bottleneck will be formed, which will cause obstacles. For example, a certain power supply filter is very effective for filtering out noises above 60 Hz, but if the amount of current drawn by the amplifier is greater than the power supply capability of the filter, or the expansion machine needs to be faster than 60 Hz, The power filter has become a stumbling block.

In general, the power filter is suitable for equipment that is stable in power consumption and consumes less power, such as sources, preamps, etc., while the power post stage and subwoofer are directly inserted into the wall. In any case, don't think that installing a power filter has a positive effect. Try it yourself.

Question 9: How to prepare an ideal power supply for the sound?

A: Do you build a power plant yourself? Of course it is impossible, but to prepare an ideal power supply is not imagined, as long as it pulls a separate power cord to solve most of the problems, the rest can also rely on the power cord and appropriate props to fine-tune the action . For the method of pulling the power cord , please refer to the topic of the previous issue and the text of this issue. In particular, the power processing in Mr. Cao’s home in this issue can be said to be an ideal implementation. If you really have the heart, you may wish to proceed. Planning and Design. You may not have such good luck. You can use a "pole transformer" alone to get a clean power from Taipower, but if you live in an apartment building, you can at least pull a power supply of at least 22mm square from the meter. The line is used for audio, so that you can do your best. Believe it or not, spending eight thousand yuan to replace an independent power cord is more effective than changing a power cord of 80,000 yuan. Also, please pull a line when you pull the rope, you must pull more than 22mm square, it is very tired to do twice the hard work, do not believe that the water and electricity bank boss said that 3.5mm square is enough.

Q10: Should the source equipment and the latter need to be handled separately?

A: It is best to deal with it separately. The best way is to pull two power cables , one for the source equipment with low power consumption, the front stage, etc., and the other for the power amplifier and subwoofer that consume more power. Wait for use, although the source of the power cord is the same, but still hear the effect. As for the power supply filter after pulling the power cord , please try it yourself. Usually my experience is: as long as there is sufficient power supply, the filter does not necessarily have a positive effect.

Question 11: Do you need a ground wire?

A: Due to the power supply form of Taipower, there is no real ground wire for users to use, so users must prepare their own ground wire. The way and principle of the grounding wire, please refer to the topic description. The grounding method of Mr. Cao's home is not perfect, but it is enough for the audio fans to have a fever. It must also be known before the experiment, so Mr. Cao also designed a grounding switch for this purpose, which is better.

Most of the advanced audio equipment uses a three-hole AC power cord , one of which is the grounding wire. This ground wire is connected to the chassis and is directly connected to the earth (earth) after being conducted by the wires. The biggest advantage after grounding is that the hand touches the surface of the amplifier chassis, and there is no longer a feeling of hemp, which means that the voltage to the ground of the chassis will be very low, so low that it cannot be sensed. From the point of view of safety, grounding is necessary, but from the perspective of sound, whoever is better is not willing to pack tickets.

Question 12: How do the general family ground the line?

A: In fact, one of the single-phase three-wire power lines sent by Taipower has been grounded. However, because the path is too long and there is current, there is a voltage. This voltage will change due to the situation of power consumption. I measured it at home with an AC meter, with a minimum of about 1V and a maximum of 6V. If you use this water line to ground, you can also achieve the grounding effect, but it is best to install an AC voltmeter to observe the AC voltage at any time. However, from a safety point of view, it is still not recommended. It is also not recommended to connect water pipes or to connect steel bars in buildings, as it is easy to introduce other disturbances, such as lightning strikes, or other electrical leakage, and it is easy to conduct to the audio equipment through the ground wire.

Question 13: Can grounding avoid interference?

A: The answer is not absolutely certain. If your grounding is not thorough enough and not careful enough, it will bring disadvantages and introduce other people's noise into the audio equipment. The purpose of grounding can be roughly divided into two categories, one is safety grounding for safety considerations, and the other is signal grounding. The former is usually used in large-scale machinery, such as washing machines, motors, etc., when the leakage phenomenon occurs, the power can be transmitted to the earth by the conduction of the ground wire to protect the safety of personnel. The latter is to increase the signal-to-noise ratio of the equipment or instrument and ground the circuit to reduce noise.

If the grounding of the equipment is connected to the steel bars or metal water pipes of the building, there is no guarantee that others will be grounded as well. If the ground of the audio equipment shares the same grounding with the washing machine of others, the result will only be worse and will not be better. Therefore, it is not recommended to use the audio equipment. It is very unsanitary to connect the building's steel bars or water pipes. In addition, the ground wire will be conductive, it will also bring noise, share the grounding with others, nothing will be embarrassing, and some things will also introduce other people's noise into the sound system, it is better not to be grounded.

Question 14: Does the cable need to be shock-proof?

A: The heavy cable, can in fact be seen as a part of the sound of the power cord, the power cord should be noted that since the audio material and shock, cables should also pay attention to this phenomenon. Taipower's power distribution station, because the length of the transmitted cable is quite long, the cable swayed with the wind on the pole, and the cables between the two cables will be induced by each other, resulting in low frequency oscillation; if the two cables are transmitted in parallel, They create a capacitive effect and become a condenser microphone. Although these phenomena will not be transmitted from the speaker, the audio-visual equipment in the Taipower Power Distribution Station is quite clear. To be the best, in the path through which the cable travels, the contact points can be covered with foam, and the two cables should not be parallel as much as possible, so that the noise can be reduced even lower.

in conclusion:

The problems concerning the power supply are extensive, and each family naturally has its own unique explanations and arguments. However, basically, the power supply should try to maintain the principle of sufficient power, stable voltage, low parasitic noise, thousands of methods, and equipment for processing power. There are also a lot of things, as long as these principles can be achieved, there will be positive help for audio equipment.

Recently, I went to an audio fan to listen to the sound. He paid great attention to the power problem. All the audio equipments were processed using a commercially available power filter, trying to create the cleanest power supply for the audio equipment. As a result, I took a very harsh fever film and went to the test. I found that the large dynamics and the fragments of the extremely low frequency appeared. The indicator light of the amplifier was even darkened or even extinguished. Obviously, this is due to the output of large current. Insufficient power supply, resulting in a drop in equipment voltage, the equipment itself is not fed, how many filters have effect? That is just a bottleneck to increase the power supply. After the incident, the audio fan changed two 38mm square cables according to my suggestion. Since then, no matter how loud the volume is, the indicator light does not flash. This is the fundamental problem.
Question 1: Why does the light flash when the sound is turned on?

A: This is because when the audio equipment is turned on, due to the large capacity capacitor inside the equipment, it is in a no-load discharge state before shutting down. When the power switch is pressed, the capacitor immediately draws power from the transformer, because the current drawn is very large (called The charging current), so that the power suddenly drops, the fluorescent lamp will naturally darken.

In the general post stage, as long as the sum of the filter capacitors exceeds 20,000μF, this phenomenon occurs when the power is turned on. Therefore, some well-designed high-power amplifiers have a "buffer circuit" when they are turned on, which means that they will be buffered by a large cement resistor during startup, allowing the internal capacitor to be slowly charged. After a while (about a few seconds) The relay is turned on, so that it can protect the fuse from being blown up at once, or avoid the trouble of flashing the lamp.

Question 2: Is the power supply of Taipower really bad?

A: When everyone encounters unstable power supply, it will always be blamed on Taipower before saying anything about the three seven twenty-one. If you understand the people of Taipower, you will definitely defend it vigorously and make a reasonable explanation. In fact, there is no problem with the power supply of Taipower. The phenomenon of unstable power is caused by interference during the distribution process.

Let's start with the power plant. At present, the main power plants in Taiwan Bend are divided into two categories, one is nuclear power generation and the other is a thermal power plant. Whether it is nuclear power or thermal power, they use the power of steam to drive the steam turbine to drive the generator. This is an extremely sophisticated power generation unit. The speed of the turbine is related to the stability of the frequency. There is a computer-controlled shifting system between the large generator and the turbine to ensure a stable output frequency under various loads (60Hz). ). Moreover, the voltage output from the turbine generator is absolutely a stable sine wave voltage. This is the basic physical principle. In other words, there is still a problem in making a skewed sine wave! Therefore, the power sent from Taipower is definitely a stable 60Hz sine wave power. For the problem of interference and voltage instability, please see the next question.

Question 3: Why is it always dangerous to use high voltage when transmitting electricity? Isn't that dangerous?

A: When the voltage exceeds 100V, there is danger. But why is the distribution power of Taipower always above 22KV? Isn't this dangerous?

Of course, it is dangerous, so there is always a striking signboard on the high-voltage electric tower to warn the idlers not to be close, otherwise the risk of electric shock is easy. The use of high-voltage transmission is mainly to save the amount of copper used for wiring, and also to reduce the loss during power transmission. Therefore, the power sent from the power plant is transmitted in an ultra-high voltage. The biggest advantage of ultra-high voltage transmission is that the voltage is high and the current is small. When the electrons flow through the conductor, the heat is calculated by the ratio of the current, not the voltage. Therefore, effectively reducing the current of the conductor can reduce the loss, so Dangerous, but as long as the precautions are taken, the danger can be avoided. Another reason for transmitting at high voltage is to reduce the voltage variation rate at the user end. If it is transmitted in 1:1, that is, the power from the station sends 110V directly to the home, and the voltage of the user terminal will drop by 1V for every 1V of voltage reduction. However, if the 22KV transmission is currently in common use, when the voltage sent by the power plant has a vibration of 1V, the user end has almost no feeling.

Question 4: Why is the voltage in my home often unstable?

A: The situation of unstable voltage often occurs in various households, especially near industrial areas. When a building applies for a Taipower connection, it will match the appropriate power to the building according to the number of the application form, but this is only an estimate. If the electricity consumption of the electricity user exceeds the power capacity originally applied, then It is easy to cause a shortage of power such as a voltage drop. This is not because Taipower does not give you enough power, but users should make a larger application for electricity. For example, an industrial park originally applied for 10,000 kilowatts of electricity. Of course, Taipower has to supply 10,000 kilowatts of electricity supply according to the application. If the electricity consumption of the industrial park exceeds the rated load, the power will of course become tight. Will not be used and dropped. It is useless to talk about it. In fact, as long as a larger application for electricity is submitted to Taipower, the situation of insufficient power supply is easy to solve. So when the power is down next time, please don't move it and curse. Hurry and measure your electricity consumption to see if it exceeds the rated power supply on the electricity contract. If it is in a low voltage state for a long time (for example, the voltage is lower than 100V), it can also react to the Taipower. They will send personnel to change the tap of the user's transformer to restore your voltage to normal.

Question 5: What is the power supply for general household use?

Answer: Household electricity is different from industrial electricity. Not only does the power supply have different forms, but the electricity consumption is also different. The average household does not have large electrical equipment. The most power-consuming power equipment is mostly air-conditioners or electric heaters. The voltage used by these equipments will not exceed 220V. Therefore, the household electricity is mostly used for Class B electricity and 110V single-phase three-wire supply. How to judge? See if your meter is round? If it is, it is indicated as 110V single-phase three-wire supply. If it is a square electric meter, it is the most common 110V single-phase two-wire supply.

The single-phase three-wire has two fire lines and one water line. The two fire lines are mutually inverted 110V/60Hz. After proper connection, two 100V or one 220V wires can be pulled out separately, of which 110V is used for general electrical appliances. The 220V provides air conditioners and electric water heaters. The reason for using the single-phase three-wire power supply method is mainly to save the loss of the power transmission process. With proper wiring, the two 100V wires pulled out from the two live wires, if the power consumption on both sides is equal, according to the principle of phase offset, the waterline will not generate any current, which means that the waterline can be lowered. Wire diameter can also avoid unnecessary power loss. In other words, if you maintain a constant amount of power consumption in your home, there is an opportunity to save power in the most ideal wiring combination.

Question 6: Where does the power interference come from?

A: I just said that the power sent by Taipower is a perfect 60Hz sine wave, but where does the interference come from? In fact, the most important source of interference still comes from the electricity users themselves. Try to think about how many electrical appliances are in your home? How much interference does this electrical appliance produce when plugged into a plug? Air conditioners, electric fans, fluorescent lamps, etc., are not purely resistive loads. They have inductive reactance and capacitive reactance. As long as they are turned on, they will interfere with the power system and parasitic the noise on the power supply. When the fluorescent lamp is turned on, the sound of "啪啪" will be heard, which is the interference of the fluorescent lamp.

Even if you are very clean and self-love, try not to use other electrical appliances when listening to the sound, and you can't guarantee that the electricity should be clean, because the front end of your meter is still connected with other consumers, and others only need to use electrical equipment. It will also cause interference to you, depending on the situation. If you are lucky, you don't feel it. If you are not lucky, you can't use it unless you apply for a user transformer.

Question 7: How to avoid interference?

A: This is a concern of everyone. How to avoid interference? The most direct and effective way is to isolate. Isolation of interference from others and isolation of interference between appliances in my home. Large-scale electrical equipment and computers are the most prone to interference, they generate high-frequency noise, and also generate power harmonics, which are parasitic in the power system to interfere with other electrical products. If you want to get clean power, it is a good method to use an isolation transformer or a power supply filter. By using the principle of insufficient bandwidth of the transformer, the high-frequency noise is filtered out, and only the lower frequency 60 Hz power is passed, so that the filter can be effectively filtered. In addition to high frequency noise or high frequency power harmonics. But the isolation transformer is not a panacea, please see the next question.

Q8: Is the power filter useful?

A: I am more concerned about this issue than you. If there are too many factors in the home to overcome the interference, is the commercially available power filter useful? Let me talk about the working principle of the power filter. Simply put, the materials used in the power filter are mostly inductors, capacitors, etc., and the capacitors and inductors are assembled into a "low-pass filter" that allows only 60 Hz (or less) frequencies to pass, blocking more than 60 Hz. The signal (or noise), in order to achieve the purpose of filtering out noise.

There are several kinds of power filters, some have voltage regulation function, and have the ability to automatically adjust the output voltage. Different combinations of transformer taps can be used to detect the circuit with relays and connect different taps to achieve immediate adjustment. For the purpose of output voltage, most computer voltage regulators work for this purpose. But please don't forget that when the relay is connected to the tap, it will also generate a surge, which is another kind of interference to the power supply. Also, the characteristic of the low-pass filter is to block the passage of higher frequency signals. If the speed of the power supply of the amplifier is greater than the power supply capability of the low-pass filter, a bottleneck will be formed, which will cause obstacles. For example, a certain power supply filter is very effective for filtering out noises above 60 Hz, but if the amount of current drawn by the amplifier is greater than the power supply capability of the filter, or the expansion machine needs to be faster than 60 Hz, The power filter has become a stumbling block.

In general, the power filter is suitable for equipment that is stable in power consumption and consumes less power, such as sources, preamps, etc., while the power post stage and subwoofer are directly inserted into the wall. In any case, don't think that installing a power filter has a positive effect. Try it yourself.

Question 9: How to prepare an ideal power supply for the sound?

A: Do you build a power plant yourself? Of course it is impossible, but to prepare an ideal power supply is not imagined, as long as it pulls a separate power cord to solve most of the problems, the rest can also rely on the power cord and appropriate props to fine-tune the action . For the method of pulling the power cord , please refer to the topic of the previous issue and the text of this issue. In particular, the power processing in Mr. Cao’s home in this issue can be said to be an ideal implementation. If you really have the heart, you may wish to proceed. Planning and Design. You may not have such good luck. You can use a "pole transformer" alone to get a clean power from Taipower, but if you live in an apartment building, you can at least pull a power supply of at least 22mm square from the meter. The line is used for audio, so that you can do your best. Believe it or not, spending eight thousand yuan to replace an independent power cord is more effective than changing a power cord of 80,000 yuan. Also, please pull a line when you pull the rope, you must pull more than 22mm square, it is very tired to do twice the hard work, do not believe that the water and electricity bank boss said that 3.5mm square is enough.

Q10: Should the source equipment and the latter need to be handled separately?

A: It is best to deal with it separately. The best way is to pull two power cables , one for the source equipment with low power consumption, the front stage, etc., and the other for the power amplifier and subwoofer that consume more power. Wait for use, although the source of the power cord is the same, but still hear the effect. As for the power supply filter after pulling the power cord , please try it yourself. Usually my experience is: as long as there is sufficient power supply, the filter does not necessarily have a positive effect.

Question 11: Do you need a ground wire?

A: Due to the power supply form of Taipower, there is no real ground wire for users to use, so users must prepare their own ground wire. The way and principle of the grounding wire, please refer to the topic description. The grounding method of Mr. Cao's home is not perfect, but it is enough for the audio fans to have a fever. It must also be known before the experiment, so Mr. Cao also designed a grounding switch for this purpose, which is better.

Most of the advanced audio equipment uses a three-hole AC power cord , one of which is the grounding wire. This ground wire is connected to the chassis and is directly connected to the earth (earth) after being conducted by the wires. The biggest advantage after grounding is that the hand touches the surface of the amplifier chassis, and there is no longer a feeling of hemp, which means that the voltage to the ground of the chassis will be very low, so low that it cannot be sensed. From the point of view of safety, grounding is necessary, but from the perspective of sound, whoever is better is not willing to pack tickets.

Question 12: How do the general family ground the line?

A: In fact, one of the single-phase three-wire power lines sent by Taipower has been grounded. However, because the path is too long and there is current, there is a voltage. This voltage will change due to the situation of power consumption. I measured it at home with an AC meter, with a minimum of about 1V and a maximum of 6V. If you use this water line to ground, you can also achieve the grounding effect, but it is best to install an AC voltmeter to observe the AC voltage at any time. However, from a safety point of view, it is still not recommended. It is also not recommended to connect water pipes or to connect steel bars in buildings, as it is easy to introduce other disturbances, such as lightning strikes, or other electrical leakage, and it is easy to conduct to the audio equipment through the ground wire.

Question 13: Can grounding avoid interference?

A: The answer is not absolutely certain. If your grounding is not thorough enough and not careful enough, it will bring disadvantages and introduce other people's noise into the audio equipment. The purpose of grounding can be roughly divided into two categories, one is safety grounding for safety considerations, and the other is signal grounding. The former is usually used in large-scale machinery, such as washing machines, motors, etc., when the leakage phenomenon occurs, the power can be transmitted to the earth by the conduction of the ground wire to protect the safety of personnel. The latter is to increase the signal-to-noise ratio of the equipment or instrument and ground the circuit to reduce noise.

If the grounding of the equipment is connected to the steel bars or metal water pipes of the building, there is no guarantee that others will be grounded as well. If the ground of the audio equipment shares the same grounding with the washing machine of others, the result will only be worse and will not be better. Therefore, it is not recommended to use the audio equipment. It is very unsanitary to connect the building's steel bars or water pipes. In addition, the ground wire will be conductive, it will also bring noise, share the grounding with others, nothing will be embarrassing, and some things will also introduce other people's noise into the sound system, it is better not to be grounded.

Question 14: Does the cable need to be shock-proof?

A: The heavy cable, can in fact be seen as a part of the sound of the power cord, the power cord should be noted that since the audio material and shock, cables should also pay attention to this phenomenon. Taipower's power distribution station, because the length of the transmitted cable is quite long, the cable swayed with the wind on the pole, and the cables between the two cables will be induced by each other, resulting in low frequency oscillation; if the two cables are transmitted in parallel, They create a capacitive effect and become a condenser microphone. Although these phenomena will not be transmitted from the speaker, the audio-visual equipment in the Taipower Power Distribution Station is quite clear. To be the best, in the path through which the cable travels, the contact points can be covered with foam, and the two cables should not be parallel as much as possible, so that the noise can be reduced even lower.

in conclusion:

The problems concerning the power supply are extensive, and each family naturally has its own unique explanations and arguments. However, basically, the power supply should try to maintain the principle of sufficient power, stable voltage, low parasitic noise, thousands of methods, and equipment for processing power. There are also a lot of things, as long as these principles can be achieved, there will be positive help for audio equipment.

Recently, I went to an audio fan to listen to the sound. He paid great attention to the power problem. All the audio equipments were processed using a commercially available power filter, trying to create the cleanest power supply for the audio equipment. As a result, I took a very harsh fever film and went to the test. I found that the large dynamics and the fragments of the extremely low frequency appeared. The indicator light of the amplifier was even darkened or even extinguished. Obviously, this is due to the output of large current. Insufficient power supply, resulting in a drop in equipment voltage, the equipment itself is not fed, how many filters have effect? That is just a bottleneck to increase the power supply. After the incident, the audio fan changed two 38mm square cables according to my suggestion. Since then, no matter how loud the volume is, the indicator light does not flash. This is the fundamental problem.
Question 1: Why does the light flash when the sound is turned on?

A: This is because when the audio equipment is turned on, due to the large capacity capacitor inside the equipment, it is in a no-load discharge state before shutting down. When the power switch is pressed, the capacitor immediately draws power from the transformer, because the current drawn is very large (called The charging current), so that the power suddenly drops, the fluorescent lamp will naturally darken.

In the general post stage, as long as the sum of the filter capacitors exceeds 20,000μF, this phenomenon occurs when the power is turned on. Therefore, some well-designed high-power amplifiers have a "buffer circuit" when they are turned on, which means that they will be buffered by a large cement resistor during startup, allowing the internal capacitor to be slowly charged. After a while (about a few seconds) The relay is turned on, so that it can protect the fuse from being blown up at once, or avoid the trouble of flashing the lamp.

Question 2: Is the power supply of Taipower really bad?

A: When everyone encounters unstable power supply, it will always be blamed on Taipower before saying anything about the three seven twenty-one. If you understand the people of Taipower, you will definitely defend it vigorously and make a reasonable explanation. In fact, there is no problem with the power supply of Taipower. The phenomenon of unstable power is caused by interference during the distribution process.

先从发电厂说起好了,目前台弯主要的发电厂分成两大类,其一是核能发电,另一则是火力发电厂。不论是核能发电或火力发电,他们皆采用蒸气的力量,驱动蒸气涡轮带动发电机。这是一套极为精密的发电设备,涡轮的转速关系到频率的稳定性,大型的发电机与涡轮之间,具有电脑控制的变速系统,以确保在各种负载下维持稳定的输出频率(60Hz)。再者,涡轮发电机输出的电压绝对是稳定的正弦波电压,这是基本的物理原理,换句话说,要制造出扭斜的正弦波还有问题呢!所以,从台电送出的电力绝对是稳定的60Hz正弦波电力。至於干扰及电压不稳的问题,请见下题。

问三:为何电力传输时,总是使用高压电,这不是很危险吗?

答:电压超过100V时,就存在着危险性,但为何台电的配送电力总在22KV以上呢?这不是很危险吗?

当然危险,所以高压电塔上总是挂着醒目的招牌,警告闲人勿近,否则容易发生触电的危险。使用高压传输,最主要是为了节省配线时电缆的用铜量,同时也降低电力传送时的损耗,因此从发电厂送出的电力是以超高压的方式传送。超高压传送的最大好处,就是电压高、电流小,电子流经导体时,发热量是以电流的比例计算,而不是以电压计算,因此有效降低导体的电流量,就能降低损耗,因此虽然危险,但只要做好防范措施,就可以避免危险发生。以高压传送的另一个理由,是为了降低用户端的电压变动率。如果以1:1传送,也就是说台电送出110V的电力直接到家庭,台电每降低1V电压,用户端的电压也会随之降1V。但如果以目前普遍使用的22KV传送,当电厂送出的电压有1V的震动时,用户端几乎没有任何感觉。

问四:为何我家的电压经常不稳定?

答:电压不稳定的情形经常发生在各种用电户,尤其是工业区附近。当建筑物申请台电配接管线时,会依照申请表格的数字,配接适当的电力给建筑物,但这只是一个预估值,如果用电户的用电量超过当初申请的电力容量,则容易产生电压下降等电力不足的现象。这不是台电不给你充足的电力,而是用户应该提出更大的用电申请。例如,某工业园区原来申请一万千瓦的用电量,台电当然依照申请配接一万千瓦的用电供应,如果工业园区的用电量超过额定负载,电力当然会发生吃紧的现象,电压自然会不敷使用而下降了。光口头骂骂没有用,其实只要向台电提出更大的用电申请,供电不足的情形就容易解决。所以下次电力下降的时候,请不要动不动就咒骂,赶快衡量自己的用电量,看看是不是超过了用电契约上的额定供电量?如果长期处於低压状态(例如电压低於100V),也可以向台电反应,他们会派员改变用户变压器的抽头,让您的电压恢复正常。

问五:一般家庭使用的电力供应如何?

答:家庭用电与工业用电不同,不但供电的形式不同,用电容量也不同。一般家庭没有大型电器设备,最耗电的电力器材顶多是冷气机或电热器,这些器材使用的电压不会超过220V,因此一般家庭用电多为乙类用电,110V单相三线供应。如何判断?看看自己的电表是不是圆形的?如果是,就表示为110V单相三线供应,如果是方形电表,则是最普通的110V单相双线供应。

单相三线具有两条火线及一条水线,两条火线是互为反相的110V/60Hz,经过适当的连接,可以分别拉出两股100V或一股220V的电线,其中110V供应一般电器使用,而220V则提供冷气机及电热水器使用。使用单相三线供电方式的理由,最主要还是为了节省电力传送过程的损耗。经由适当的配线,从两条火线拉出去的两股100V电线,如果两边用电量均等,则依照相位抵销的原理,水线将不会产生任何电流,这就表示可以降低水线的线径,也可以避免无谓的电力损耗。换句话说,如果您家中维持固定的电力消耗量,在最理想的配线组合下,还有机会节省用电度数。

问六:电力干扰哪里来?

答:刚刚说道,台电送出的电力为完美的60Hz正弦波,但干扰从哪里来?其实,最主要的干扰源,仍然来自用电户本身。试着想想看家中有多少电器用品?当这些电器用品全部插上插头使用时,会产生多少干扰?冷气机、电风扇、日光灯等,没有一样是纯电阻负载,它们具有感抗也有容抗,只要开启就会回授干扰电力系统,将杂讯寄生在电源上。开日光灯时音响会传来「啪啪」的声响,这就是日光灯的干扰。

即使自己非常洁身自爱,听音响时尽量不开其他电器使用,也不能保证用电一定乾净,因为您府上电表的前端,仍然与其他用电户连接在一起,别人家里只要使用电器设备,也会对您产生干扰,程度则视情况而定。运气好者没有感觉,运气不好者叹气也没用,除非您自行申请一颗用户变压器使用。

问七:如何避免干扰?

答:这是大家所关切的问题,如何避免干扰?最直接有效的方法就是隔离。隔离别人对你的干扰,隔离自己家中电器彼此间的干扰。大型用电设备以及电脑最容易产生干扰,它们会产生高频杂讯,也会产生电源谐波,寄生在电力系统中干扰其他电器产品。如果要获得乾净的电力,使用隔离变压器或电源滤波器是一个好方法,利用变压器频宽不足的原理,滤除高频杂讯,只让频率较低的60Hz电力通过,如此即可有效滤除高频杂讯或频率较高的电源谐波。但隔离变压器也并非万灵丹,请见下题分晓。

问八:电源滤波器有用吗?

答:我比你还关切这个问题,如果家中有太多因素无法克服干扰,市售的电源滤波器有用吗?先说说电源滤波器的工作原理。简单的讲,电源滤波器所使用的材料多为电感、电容等材料,将电容与电感组装成一个「低通滤波器」,只让60Hz左右(或以下)的频率通过,即可阻挡60Hz以上的讯号(或称为杂讯),进而达到滤除杂讯的目的。

电源滤波器有好几种,有的有附设稳压功能,并且具有自动调节输出电压的能力,利用变压器抽头不同的搭配组合,以侦测电路配合继电器,连接不同的抽头,即可达到即时调整输出电压的目的,大多数的电脑用稳压器皆为此工作原理。但请别忘了,继电器连接抽头的瞬间,也会产生突波,这对电源又是另一种干扰。还有,低通滤波器的特性,就是阻挡较高频率的讯号通过,如果扩大机对电力供应需求的速度大过低通滤波器的供电能力,则会形成一个瓶颈,反而造成阻碍。例如:某某电源滤波器对於滤除60Hz以上的杂讯非常有效,但如果此时扩大机抽取的电流量大过滤波器的供电能力,或扩大机需要快过於60Hz以上的供电速度,电源滤波器反而成为绊脚石。

一般而言,电源滤波器适用於用电稳定、电力消耗较小的器材,如讯源、前级等,而功率後级及超低音,则直接插在墙壁上为佳。无论如何,不要以为加装电源滤波器就有正面效果,自己试试看最重要。

问九:如何为音响准备一套理想的电源?

答:自己盖一座电厂吗?当然不可能,不过要准备一套理想的电源倒没有想像中的困难,只要为它拉一条独立的电源线就解决了大半问题,剩下的还可以靠电源线及适当的小道具进行微调的动作。关於拉电源线的方法,请参阅上一期的专题以及本期的内文,尤其是这一期的曹先生家中的电源处理,可以说是一个理想的实现,如果您真的有心,不妨进行规划设计。您也许没有那麽好的运气可以独自使用一个「杆上变压器」,直接获得从台电来的乾净电源,但如果您住在公寓大厦,最起码也可以从电表处拉一条至少22mm平方以上的电源线给音响使用,这样一来就说得上尽心尽力了。信不信,花八千元换装一条独立电源线 ,比换一条八万元的电源线还有实质效果。还有,拉线时请一鼓作气,一定要拉22mm平方以上的,苦差事做两次是很累的,千万别相信水电行老板说3.5mm平方就够用了。

问十:讯源器材与後级需要分开处理吗?

答:最好是分开处理,最好的方法是拉两条电源线 ,一条给消耗电力较小的讯源器材、前级等使用,另一条则给消耗电力较大的功率扩大机、超低音等使用,虽然电源线的源头都是同一条,但仍然听得出效果。至於拉了电源线之後还需不需要电源滤波器,则请自行试试看,通常我的经验是:只要有充足的电力供应,滤波器不一定有正面效果。

问十一:需不需要接地线?

答:由於台电的供电形式,并没有真正的地线给用户使用,所以用户必须自行准备地线。接地线的方式以及原则,请参阅专题内文说明,曹先生家中的接地方式,虽然无法称得上最完美,但对於音响迷来说已经够发烧,接与不接哪个好?也必须实验才知道,因此曹先生也为此设计了一个接地开关,测试何者为佳。

高级的音响器材大多使用三孔AC 电源线 ,其中一条就是接地线,这条地线与机箱连接,经过电线传导之後直接与大地(地球)连接。接地之後的最大好处是:手摸扩大机机箱表面,不会再有麻麻的感觉,也就是说机箱的对地电压会非常低,低到无法感电。从安全的度来看,接地是有必要的,但从声音的角度来看,何者为佳谁也不敢打包票。

问十二:一般家庭如何接地线?

答:其实台电送来的单相三线电力线当中,其中一条已经接地,但由於路径过长加上有电流通过,因此多少存在着电压,这个电压会因为用电的情形改变,而随着升降。我在家中以AC电表测量,最低时约1V,最高时为6V。如果利用这条水线接地,也可以达到接地的效果,但最好加装一个AC电压表,随时观察AC电压。但就安全的观点来看,仍然不建议使用。连接水管或连接建筑物钢筋的方式也不建议,因为这容易导入其他干扰,例如雷击时,或其他电器漏电时,也容易藉由地线传导到音响器材。

问十三:接地就能避免干扰吗?

答:答案不是绝对肯定的,如果您接地接得不够彻底、不够小心,反而会带来坏处,将别人的杂讯导入音响器材里。接地的目的大致可分成两类,其一是安全考量的电力接地,其一则是讯号接地。前者通常用於大型机械,例如洗衣机、马达等,当产生漏电现象时,可以藉由地线的传导,将电力传导至大地,以保护人员的安全。後者则为提升器材或仪器的讯噪比,将电路接地,以降低杂讯。

将器材接地连接在建筑物钢筋或金属水管上,不能保证别人也如此接地,如果音响器材的地与别人的洗衣机共用同一个接地,结果只会更坏不会变好,因此不建议将音响器材以连接建筑物钢筋或水管的方式,那是非常不卫生的。另外,地线既会导电,也会带来杂讯,与别人共用接地,没事则矣,有事则将别人的杂讯也导入音响系统,此时不如不接地。

问十四:电缆线需要避震吗?

答:粗重的电缆线,其实也可以视为音响电源线的一部份,既然音响电源线要注意材质及避震,电缆线也应该注意此现象。台电公司的配电所,由於传输的电缆长度相当远,电缆在电线杆上随风晃来晃去,彼此电缆间也会因为互相感应,而产生低频震荡;如果两条电缆平行传送,也会彼此产生电容效应,而变成电容式麦克风,这些现象虽然不会从喇叭中传出,但台电配电所里的鉴听设备却听得相当清楚。要做到最好,电缆行经的路径中,接触点可以以泡绵包覆,两条电缆尽量不要平行,这样就可以将杂讯降得更低。

in conclusion:

关於电源的问题牵涉广泛,各家自然有其独特的解释与说法,但基本上,电源供应应该尽量保持电力充足、电压稳定、寄生杂讯低的处理原则,方法千百种,处理电源的器材也比比皆是,只要能够达到这些原则,对音响器材就有正面的帮助。

最近曾经到一位音响迷家中听音响,他对於电源问题相当重视,所有的音响器材都使用市售电源滤波器处理,企图营造最乾净的电源给音响器材使用。结果我带了一张非常严苛的发烧片前往测试,竟然发现大动态以及极低频出现的片段,扩大机的指示灯竟然暗下来甚至快熄灭了,很明显,这是由於输出大电流时由於供电不足,导致器材电压下降,器材本身电力没喂饱,再多的滤波器还有效果吗?那只不过是增加电力供应的瓶颈而已。事後这位音响迷根据我的建议,换装两条38mm平方的电缆,从此以後不论音量开多大,指示灯闪也不闪一下,这才是从基本面上解决电源问题。

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