{"id":1726979,"date":"2016-03-24T14:52:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T14:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1726979"},"modified":"2016-03-24T14:52:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T14:52:58","slug":"did-my-power-amp-power-conditioner-come-with-the-wrong-cable","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/did-my-power-amp-power-conditioner-come-with-the-wrong-cable\/","title":{"rendered":"Did my power amp \/ power conditioner come with the wrong cable?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some power amps and power conditioners come with a 20A (20 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/insync\/ampere\/\" target=\"_blank\">amperes<\/a>)\u00a0 power cable where one of the\u00a0 pins is 90 degrees from the other. If wired properly, a 20A wall outlet has an extra 90 degree blade space to receive this type of connector. If not, the breaker, wiring and outlet are likely spec&#8217;d for 15A. If your outlet does not look like the one pictured below, then your outlet is likely wired for 15A service and you will need to use a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/store\/detail\/ADP1520\" target=\"_blank\">20-15A adapter <\/a>that has a built in 15A breaker to safely connect a 20A device to your 15A outlet. Sweetwater does NOT recommend using 20A devices on 15A circuits without the use of an adapter that has a 15A breaker built-in.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/03\/20Amp-male.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1726980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/03\/20Amp-male.png\" alt=\"20Amp male\" width=\"320\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/03\/20Amp-male.png 320w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/03\/20Amp-male-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/03\/20Amp-Female.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1726981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/03\/20Amp-Female.png\" alt=\"20Amp Female\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/03\/20Amp-Female.png 320w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/03\/20Amp-Female-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/03\/20Amp-outlet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1726982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/03\/20Amp-outlet.png\" alt=\"20Amp outlet\" width=\"240\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/03\/20Amp-outlet.png 240w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/03\/20Amp-outlet-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"tags":[101153,101152,54245,101151,101150,34346,71968,54244,54006],"storecat":[],"itemids":[],"manufacturers":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the Did my power amp \/ power conditioner come with the wrong cable? page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/did-my-power-amp-power-conditioner-come-with-the-wrong-cable\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Did my power amp \/ power conditioner come with the wrong cable? - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some power amps and power conditioners come with a 20A (20 amperes)\u00a0 power cable where one of the\u00a0 pins is 90 degrees from the other. 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