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From:
Kent williams
To:
i'd do mary
Date:
Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:42:01 -0600 (CST)
Subject:
Re: [idm] OT : ground loop
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You could spend $100 on an Ebtech hum eliminator. Or, you could just use 3 prong to 2 prong adapters with the ground pin unattached. As long as you don't take a bath in a steel tub full of salt water while you're using your laptop you'll be just fine. I got mad a few weeks back when my laptop/Hammerfall DSP started making nasty noises because my wife swiped the 3 prong adapter, and I snapped the ground pin off the power supply cord. This is an even eviller suggestion, but the ground pins break right off if you wiggle them vigorously. On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, qwerty wrote:
quoted 11 lines p.s. i have my laptop connected through the mixer> p.s. i have my laptop connected through the mixer > on an amplifier... and there's the ground loop formed.. > > p.p.s. temporarily i just isolated the 'ground connection' > on my laptop plug... > but I've heard that's very dangerous.. is it? > 'cos my roommates laptop even isn't grounded at all... > he bought it like that... > so? any other proven methods? di-box? transformers? > >
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