Meadowman,
I had the same issue with my HW 19 MKIV. Even though the box where the IC's plug into the tone arm was grounded I still got static pops. It got so bad that static built up when I was playing a record and a loud pop would come through the speakers on an intermittent basis. It must be that as the platter spins a static charge is being built up in the TT. Perhaps it has to do with the stainless steel plinth which is below the acrylic top of the unit.
At any rate, I finally solved the problem after several talks with VPI by running a grounding wire from the bottom of the TT. I attached it with a piece of electrical tape to the metal housing on the platter bearing. I then ran the other end to ground on the preamp where the other wire from the tone arm IC box was also connected.
This solved all of my problems. I hope that it might solve yours!
Best,
Scifi
I had the same issue with my HW 19 MKIV. Even though the box where the IC's plug into the tone arm was grounded I still got static pops. It got so bad that static built up when I was playing a record and a loud pop would come through the speakers on an intermittent basis. It must be that as the platter spins a static charge is being built up in the TT. Perhaps it has to do with the stainless steel plinth which is below the acrylic top of the unit.
At any rate, I finally solved the problem after several talks with VPI by running a grounding wire from the bottom of the TT. I attached it with a piece of electrical tape to the metal housing on the platter bearing. I then ran the other end to ground on the preamp where the other wire from the tone arm IC box was also connected.
This solved all of my problems. I hope that it might solve yours!
Best,
Scifi