[BradJudy]

Now that we're moved and settled, I finally got around to assembling my felix modules.  I'm thinking of putting several in a box with one for each outlet (not just each duplex).  Right now I'm thinking three duplexes in a box, so six felix circuits.  I'm curious about the pros and cons of different connection options to the inlet. 

I'm planning on using simple 12AWG romex wires for connecting each circuit to the inlet and each outlet to each circuit.  I'm not here to debate the wire choice unless there's a strong reason that it's horribly wrong. 

Is the best wiring option to create bus bars?  If so is there a decent pre-made option (I don't have a drill press at the moment to drill out my own.)?  If not, what's the best option?

Is there any reason not to just connect grounds in a star configuration tied to the chassis? 

Any arguments for fusing each outlet separately versus a single fuse or breaker for the box?  Fusing separately would allow for lower fuses on lower rated circuits, but would allow for an excessive cumulative current (relying on the mains outlet circuit breaker). 

Thanks in advance. 

[JoshK]

In my homemade "power conditioner" I used star wiring instead of a bus bar.  I use 5 duplexes so it gets rather cumbersome to connect 5 thick guage wires to one bolt.  I don't particularly see a huge advantage to a bus bar vs star ground.  Either should be connected to the chassis in one place where the safety earth is also connected.  Make sure you scrape through the anonidizing or oxidation in the case of aluminum where you bolt it to the chassis.  You can also use those teethed washers to make a positive electrical/mechanical connnection.

[TomW16]

I also put a Felix on each outlet (not just on each duplex).  The grounding scheme was a star ground but it was dictated by the fact that the box I was putting it into had a star grounding scheme.  No real thought was put into it by me.  I wired each outlet with individual wires rather than a bus bar.

I also fused each Felix separately since the chokes were rated for a max current: 3 and 10 amps in my instance. 

Cheers,
Tom

[BradJudy]

You both mentioned star grounding and no bus bars, but it wasn't clear how you were wiring the hot and neutral lines.  Did you also do these in a star fashion with something like ring terminals bolted together and insulated (obviously not tied to the chassis)? 

[TomW16]

Hi Brad,

I had a unique situation in that I loaded all of my Felixs into a Welborne GateKeeper filter (same concept as Felix but with high permeability ferrite beads instead of toroids.  So the main line comes through the GateKeeper filter and then I used an existing screw terminal to run separate lines to each Felix filter.

For the neutral, I cheated a bit and put a marr connector on a bundle and then ran a pig tail to the neutral screw terminal.

Cheers,
Tom

[JoshK]

Brad,

So if I understand your follow up question, you are asking how we wire the hot and neutral into each of the filters?  I guess I didn't catch that part because I was think you wouldn't want to tie all the hots and neutrals together on the output if you want isolated filters, but neglected the input pat.

In mine I did a star like configuration for hot and neutral to filters as well, branching off a common point to each of the filters.  One could also use a bus bar, isolated from the chassis.  There is a mild chance that you might have some HF interaction if the bus were too resistive, but I'll defer to someone with experience in such.