jea48
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| To Float or not to Float... This is exactly how more than half the source equipment that use earth figure eight two pin mains cable get their earth reference, via the interconnect. IF the equipment is Class ll (Double Insulated) Listed that uses a two wire power cord and pl... | |
| To Float or not to Float... Correction: If a piece of audio equipment is Class ll rated the power cord will be two wire. In the US and Canada at least the NEMA 5-15P or 5-20P plug will be polarized so it can only plug into the wall receptacle in one direction. That should re... | |
| To Float or not to Float... georgehifi2,764 posts 09-13-2017 11:20pm What if all the AC powered audio equipment uses two pin mains plugs? Then this is lethal, there must be always a ground. Look at most C... | |
| To Float or not to Float... weebeesdad OP54 posts 09-12-2017 12:48pmThanks for all of your responses. Cleeds triggered the solution when he (or she) wrote "a properly grounded power cord", which rem... | |
| To Float or not to Float... georgehifi2,763 posts 09-13-2017 5:08am This is extremely dangerous - interconnects are not intended to carry safety grounds. No it’s not as many sources have two pin mains plugs ... | |
| To Float or not to Float... I have a DeHavilland preamp which has a switch allowing one to "float" the ground. I’ve always used it in the "float" position, however recently, perhaps due to some connectivity issues with my interconnects, there is a small buzz emanating from ... | |
| Maestro faceplate - does it make a difference? I would buy a Porter Port before I bought Maestro duplex receptacle.The Maestro starts out as a Cooper BR20 duplex outlet. At Lowe’s, $3.47 https://www.audioasylum.com/messages/tweaks/202332/re-impressions-of-the-furutech-gtx-d-r-outlet-non...http... | |
| DC leakage from power amps @crazyeddy,What are you feeding the two amps with? I assume each amp has its’ own 120V 20 amp dedicated branch circuit. Roughly what is the distance, length, of the wiring from the electrical panel to the wall receptacle outlets? What are you usin... | |
| connect 2 different wire gauge to pos and neg speaker terminal Al (almarg), What is the stuff that flows through a light bulb and comes back out again through the other wire? The answer to question #1 is ELECTRIC CHARGE. Charge is a "stuff" that flows through lightbulbs, and it flows around a circuit. Normal... | |
| Need suggestions please! Electrical noise in my system and it's driving me crazy! Edit to my post above.When I spoke about cleaning the connection of the electrical service’s #6 copper ground wire at the ground rod I should have mentioned with extreme caution. There could be a lethal difference of potential, voltage, between th... | |
| Need suggestions please! Electrical noise in my system and it's driving me crazy! nutty1,214 posts 09-03-2017 8:02pmjea48,The main rod was installed when the house was built. It was installed as the main ground for the home. However as you suspected, it is w... | |
| Need suggestions please! Electrical noise in my system and it's driving me crazy! nutty1,213 posts 09-03-2017 5:10pmjea48,By re-grounding- I removed the old grounding connectors, (both phone and CATV) at the grounding rod and at the exterior (outside) cable junc... | |
| Need suggestions please! Electrical noise in my system and it's driving me crazy! nutty1,212 posts 09-03-2017 1:29pmI also recently eliminated a hum by disconnecting my CATV from my system. After re-grounding it, removing the ground and trying power conditioners, I could not eliminate it until I unhooked the coax from the sys... | |
| DC leakage from power amps @crazyeddy,Not sure if it is relevant to the discussion but what are you using for speaker cables? Brand, type? Approx length? Wire gauge?. | |
| DC leakage from power amps I have a vintage Marantz 2252B I used to checked for DC offset at it speaker outputs. Note I have not powered up the receiver for about a month.The 2252B has two sets of speaker outputs, system 1 & system 2. I have a a pair of speakers connect... |