[sdiy] Grounding check (OT)

[Harry Bissell Jr]

Or better still... a .05uF cap WITH a resistor in
parallel... the bigger the safer, the smaller the
better.

I believe in grounded guitars and replacing any
equipment that is unsafe due to leakage current or
poor design. Many older tube amps fit this category.

I'd consider a line isolation transformer if I could
not avoid a hot chassis.

H^) harry


--- john mahoney <jmahoney at gate.net> wrote:
> Slightly OT to your OT, I've read this a few times:
> 
> "Adding a 0.05uf cap to the bridge ground line will
> greatly reduce the
> possibility of shock due to faulty grounding. This
> simple modification
> should be done to any string-grounded guitar or
> bass."
> --
> john
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cornutt, David K"
> <david.k.cornutt at boeing.com>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 4:06 PM
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Grounding check (OT)
> 
> 
> > From: dreichert at sympatico.ca
> [mailto:dreichert at sympatico.ca]
> > > I've plugged my bass into a used effects
> processor I just got
> > > and when I play I'm feeling a mild sensation in
> my hands that
> > > makes me suspect that something's not properly
> grounded.
> >
> > I know of what you speak.  Trust that feeling;
> something
> > is not right.  One thing to check: is the
> receptacle wired
> > right?  Try measuring hot-to-ground and
> neutral-to-ground
> > and see what you get.
> >
>