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In Reply to: To all the safety obsessed... Don't make me laugh! posted by bjh on April 7, 2007 at 17:55:37:
You said that:"Lastly, anyone who would put up with hum for fear of getting a 120V shock... ".
Yes, chopping off the ground pin works. So does taking the battery out of an annoying smoke detector, or putting "pennies in the fuse box" as they once did. But these are not the proper ways to fix these problems.
Your assertion would be valid if defeating the ground pin was the ONLY way to solve the problem. But it is not. It's a JIRY RIG - a WORKAROUND for those who lack the ability to correct ground loop problems the RIGHT way. If anyone should be stripped of the "audiophile title" it's these amateurs that needlessly defeat a safety mechanism because it's easy and requires no self-education about ground loops and what REALLY causes them.
Then again, I think being called an audiophile is somewhat of a negative reflection of ones overall psychological condition and is not a title I'd be really afraid of losing anyhow.
But one thing is for sure: cutting off a ground pin because of a ground loop is as sensible as cutting off your head to cure a headache.
Cheers,
Presto
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Follow Ups
- Here is why your logic is faulty. - Presto 15:39:26 04/09/07 (1)
- You're wasting your time - racerguy 16:46:27 04/09/07 (0)
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