Reducing Humming Sound


Hello all!

I am using a Tripp-Lite LCR2400 AC line conditioner in my system.  I am very happy with it and the peace of mind it offers me with regards to not only protecting my equipment, but insuring the power I'm getting is clean and stable.

This unit is known to have an audible hum to it...it's not very loud, but it can be heard faintly in a quiet room. When playing music, the hum is not noticeable at all.

If I were to attempt to reduce this hum, would opening the unit up and affixing sound deadening material (like Dynamat) to the interior of the case/chasis/cover be a good solution?  Normally, I would go ahead and give this a try, but since there is such a high level of electricity being handled by this unit, I don't want to do anything that would be dangerous once I plug it in and turn it back on.

Thanks for any feedback,

Arvin
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Showing 1 response by millercarbon

If the hum is the unit itself physically vibrating that is due to DC offset. The tricky but free fix is to figure out what else is plugged in elsewhere that is causing it. Its tricky because people sometimes find out by accident, other times after a lot of trial and error, and sometimes they never do find the cause. The other fix is a DC offset eliminator, and there are several, and they are pretty cheap as these things go, and not worth paying more so buy the cheap one.

My system makes all kinds of noises just like this. If I went around trying to eliminate every noise that could be heard faintly in a quiet room but not at all with music I would probably have wasted so much time and money there's no way I would have the (otherwise) best sounding system on agon. But to each his own. Know thyself. To thine own self be true. Etc. Etc, et cetera.