Re: Shielded electrical wiring for studio (or not)

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On 04/06/15 05:21, David Christensen wrote:
On 06/02/2015 06:32 AM, Glen MacArthur wrote:
... I've received a few mic
shocks to the lips over the years when I used to run a vintage amp without
a ground (it only had a ground lift toggle switch)... It didn't take me
long to upgrade the wiring to a fully grounded cord.. :)..

I'm curious -- if an electric guitar amplifier has a two-conductor power supply cord (with hot and neutral conductors only) and a "ground lift" switch, what does the switch do?



I would expect exactly the same thing as ground lift should do on every other piece of equipment. Remove the connection to the shield on the balanced output. Sure this wont help with eliminating ground loop/hum when the kit only has two pin mains but maybe the same amplifier module has been used in multiple cabinets etc, some of which are earthed. Or maybe it's to prevent a floating ground emanating from another piece of equipment downstream from being able to put a voltage onto your guitar strings through the signal ground.

Regards, Dale.
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