quoted 2 lines you remove the ground, or the third "green"(in US) wire from the piece of> you remove the ground, or the third "green"(in US) wire from the piece of
> gear thats causing it, works for me
hmmmm... but evetywhere i read something about it they say it's the
dangerous method...
Here.. I found an article about it:
"Logically you could think, you could eliminate ground loops by
disconnecting the power-cord ground pins on all your gear. Some people might
try to break the ground connection by cutting the grounding pin in the
connector, using cheater plug, cutting the ground wire in equipment, taping
over the grounding connector etc.
DO NOT DO THIS! Removing the ground connection isn't right. It is against
electrical safety regulations and potentially very dangerous. Removing
ground connection can defeat the actions of your noise filter or spike
protectors inside the equipments. If the ground connection is cut then a
fault in the isulation inside equipment will cause dangerous voltages to the
equipment case instead of burning a fuse. Removing the ground connection
from the equipments which have it is dangerous, against electronic safety
regulations and you risk damaging your equipment. Running without a power
ground will not automatically electrocute you but will make this much more
propable if something goes wrong in your system.
NEVER use a three wire to two wire adapter on ANY piece of audio gear where
a human can POSSIBLY come into contact with it. You're asking for a nice
120v "signal" thru someone's body. Yes it MIGHT eliminate the hum, but
there's a MUCH safer way to do the same thing."
so i ask you, is it dangerous on laptops as well?
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