Tgrisham--great point!
If you look at some of the cable recipes out there, there are differences in terms of whether the shield is connected to ground, and if so, at one or both ends. As I understand it, grounding the shield at only one end provides a drain path for any interference trapped by the shield. This construction method certainly creates an "end differential" for some cables.
This excerpt from Jon Risch's Web Site is where I first learned of this. In this example, he is refering to cables that have dedicated hot and a ground conductors, plus a shield (in other words, NOT a coax cable, where the shield is also the ground):
". . .the outer conductive sheath known as the shield should only be hard grounded at one end, typically the low impedance signal source end. The other end can either be left unconnected, or connected to ground via a 0.01 uF ceramic disc capacitor to aid in RFI suppression. This can be one of the basis for "one way" or "unidirectional" cables."
Whether or not this method of construction applies in this case is not known, but I hope this helps.
If you look at some of the cable recipes out there, there are differences in terms of whether the shield is connected to ground, and if so, at one or both ends. As I understand it, grounding the shield at only one end provides a drain path for any interference trapped by the shield. This construction method certainly creates an "end differential" for some cables.
This excerpt from Jon Risch's Web Site is where I first learned of this. In this example, he is refering to cables that have dedicated hot and a ground conductors, plus a shield (in other words, NOT a coax cable, where the shield is also the ground):
". . .the outer conductive sheath known as the shield should only be hard grounded at one end, typically the low impedance signal source end. The other end can either be left unconnected, or connected to ground via a 0.01 uF ceramic disc capacitor to aid in RFI suppression. This can be one of the basis for "one way" or "unidirectional" cables."
Whether or not this method of construction applies in this case is not known, but I hope this helps.