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Hi Guys
I've been asked by a neighbour to wire his new recording studio. He is operating out of his garage at the moment and is complaining about small electric shocks and major 'noise'. As he is looking to go semi-pro he is converting an old barn and has asked for me to do my best to kep the noise down. I am a fully qualified sparky ( before anyone asks).
Anyway the studio will consist of 4 rooms, a lounge area, a mixing room, a sound room for the band and another small room for the drummer.
What I am thinking of proposing after a good bit of research on the net is the folowing:
A new 16mm supply from the origin (16mm required only for low impedance levels)
A new dedicated earth placed outside the building with as low impedance as I can reasonably get.
A consumer unit for supplies to the oil boiler, lighting and general power.
A consumer unit fed from a 20 or 32A UPS (load unknown), which then feeds power outlets to the soundroom, recording equipment and computers.
All circuits will be wired in SY cable with the screen earthed at the consumer unit including lighting. All cabling will run as straight as possible with minimal crossings. Any crossings would be at right angles.
A ring main wired in Data trunking will be put in the sound room. The cable will be 4mm.
The same with the mixing room only all sockets will be kept as close together as possible. The cabling for the ring main would be run side by side instead of in a loop around the room to prevent equipment being placed inside the 'loop'.
Another method is to forget about the UPS and run 20A radials to a socket in each the mixing room and the sound room. From that a Power conditioner would be plugged in allowing a perfectly clean supply along with ground loop separation to each component. The only problem with this is that all sockets would be in the one area instead of being around the room.
Does anyone here have any experience of wiring a recording studio?
Any advise or help would really be appreciated.
thanks
Jonny
I've been asked by a neighbour to wire his new recording studio. He is operating out of his garage at the moment and is complaining about small electric shocks and major 'noise'. As he is looking to go semi-pro he is converting an old barn and has asked for me to do my best to kep the noise down. I am a fully qualified sparky ( before anyone asks).
Anyway the studio will consist of 4 rooms, a lounge area, a mixing room, a sound room for the band and another small room for the drummer.
What I am thinking of proposing after a good bit of research on the net is the folowing:
A new 16mm supply from the origin (16mm required only for low impedance levels)
A new dedicated earth placed outside the building with as low impedance as I can reasonably get.
A consumer unit for supplies to the oil boiler, lighting and general power.
A consumer unit fed from a 20 or 32A UPS (load unknown), which then feeds power outlets to the soundroom, recording equipment and computers.
All circuits will be wired in SY cable with the screen earthed at the consumer unit including lighting. All cabling will run as straight as possible with minimal crossings. Any crossings would be at right angles.
A ring main wired in Data trunking will be put in the sound room. The cable will be 4mm.
The same with the mixing room only all sockets will be kept as close together as possible. The cabling for the ring main would be run side by side instead of in a loop around the room to prevent equipment being placed inside the 'loop'.
Another method is to forget about the UPS and run 20A radials to a socket in each the mixing room and the sound room. From that a Power conditioner would be plugged in allowing a perfectly clean supply along with ground loop separation to each component. The only problem with this is that all sockets would be in the one area instead of being around the room.
Does anyone here have any experience of wiring a recording studio?
Any advise or help would really be appreciated.
thanks
Jonny