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Title: Ground Lift Post by: jhyatt2012 on March 16, 2012, 04:24:00 PM How would I wire the two position switch in my OTS 50 to use as a ground lift? Currently it's not in use (as per the layout).
Title: Re: Ground Lift Post by: erwin_ve on March 16, 2012, 04:33:36 PM Don't do it, it's forbidden in most countries.
If those caps fail, you have wall AC on your chassis and your guitar. Although it may do wonders for your haircut ;D Title: Re: Ground Lift Post by: jhyatt2012 on March 16, 2012, 05:00:15 PM Ouch! gotcha...
Ok so that doesn't sound like a good idea at all! Have a situation where I'm playing in a building where thieves actually stole the outside ground wire from the building for the copper. Yeah... While waiting for a resolution (insurance, etc...) in the meantime, causes a lot of outside interference and a LOT of noise in the instruments. Thanks for the quick rely. Title: Re: Ground Lift Post by: cmoore on March 17, 2012, 05:02:26 AM Mr Dumble did a lot of work on Fenders. That "ground switch" is just a remnant of days gone by, when amps had 2 wire power cords.
I kind of wish Nik would get rid of that.....but he knows what he is doing better than I do. It is probably not the lack of ground that is causing your noise troubles anyway. No doubt you plug into shared circuits with all kinds of crap living ing the AC. You need a dedicated circuit for audio, but that is wishful thinking. Good Luck Anyway......you guys can probably find a suitable ground to use in that building. Best Title: Re: Ground Lift Post by: SoundPerf on March 17, 2012, 05:15:51 AM Ouch! gotcha... Ok so that doesn't sound like a good idea at all! Have a situation where I'm playing in a building where thieves actually stole the outside ground wire from the building for the copper. Yeah... While waiting for a resolution (insurance, etc...) in the meantime, causes a lot of outside interference and a LOT of noise in the instruments. Thanks for the quick rely. yeah, don't mess with ground lifts. I have a brother-in-law that is a foreman for a large construction company and does mostly large multi-story and industrial buildings. He has all kinds of stories about right after roughing out all the electrical and plumbing in a building, thieves coming in and tearing out all the copper. They also don't care what they destroy in process. They have be using security now to watch the buildings. Just something else to raise costs. |