Pass & Seymour comparisons

marvda1 · « **on:** 21 Jun 2006, 04:45 pm »

how do these pass & seymour recepacles rank or compare to each other?
5362A
8300H
8300I
i'm trying to decide which to buy for dedicated lines.

Kevin Haskins · « **Reply #1 on:** 21 Jun 2006, 04:48 pm »

The 5362A is the way to go.

arthurs · « **Reply #2 on:** 21 Jun 2006, 06:19 pm »

do you mean the 5262-AW? didn't find 5362a on your site.

Brian Walsh · « **Reply #3 on:** 21 Jun 2006, 07:16 pm »

The relevant page on the Pass & Seymour site is here: http://www.passandseymour.com/products/product.html?s=91&mkt=3, which explains the different models and letter suffixes that relate to color.

BobM · « **Reply #4 on:** 21 Jun 2006, 09:36 pm »

Oh My. Regardless of any way you go with the P&S oulets you are in for a ride until they break in. Bob Crump had a 20 day break in summary for these outlets that was hard to believe ... until I lived through it myself. It was worth it in the long run but there is a real up and down period of burn in.

What's to burn in? Damn if I know, but I can say the system sund changed dramatically every time I sat down to listen for about a month or more.

Good luck,
Bob

PhilNYC · « **Reply #5 on:** 21 Jun 2006, 09:48 pm »

Quote from: BobM

Oh My. Regardless of any way you go with the P&S oulets you are in for a ride until they break in. Bob Crump had a 20 day break in summary for these outlets that was hard to believe ... until I lived through it myself. It was worth it in the long run but there is a real up and down period of burn in.

Really? I had the 6300IG installed with my dedicated line and didn't find much in the way of break-in relative to ICs and speaker cables

Kevin Haskins · « **Reply #6 on:** 22 Jun 2006, 12:34 am »

Quote from: arthurs

do you mean the 5262-AW? didn't find 5362a on your site.

The 'W' just means White. The 5262 is a 15A and the 5362 is a 20A rated part. It really doesn't make much differene in my opinion. There isn't some kind of magical extra current carrying capability that the 20A UL rated part has. It has probably just passed the extra testing which qualifies it for the 20A UL rating. The 5262-AW is hefty enough and grabs the plug like a pit bull so that is what I standardized on.

Any of them will probably be a good part though. I was just suggesting the 5362 because I know it is almost identical to the 5262-AW which I have a lot of experience with.

JoshK · « **Reply #7 on:** 22 Jun 2006, 12:42 am »

I've swapped out many outlets and found little difference between them, from P&S, Hubbell, Furutech, etc. A few different kinds of each too. Compared to even POS cheap outlets the difference was mild compared to other upgrades. YMMV as usual.

marvda1 · « **Reply #8 on:** 22 Jun 2006, 01:05 am »

kevin, right now i have some unused 8300H which are $7.11 ea., your 5262aw are $16.92 ea.
my question is, is there a $9.81 difference in performance?