I don't trust the power from small venues like bars that expect the band to plug into the Juke Box outlet, or the outlet the coolers are plugged into. I don't trust the dirty brown power of venues like hotels. In essence, I don't trust the power at any venue to be properly wired, or to be any good for my equipment whatsoever... It's always nice if you have a member in a road crew with enough of an Electrician's background to just go snag you a feed from the nearest power pole for the night, but I've never been in a band flush enough to have such a useful thing as a road crew, much less one who's an electrician... (sad expression)
Nick----- Original Message ----- From: "Cameron" <cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 4:34 PMSubject: [ddots-l] Re: getting shocked by equipment in home studio, any suggestions?
Hi. ah, yes, that would be good to have. Cameron. -----Original Message-----From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] OnBehalf Of Nick Dotson Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:44 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: getting shocked by equipment in home studio, any suggestions? Also, Richard Oehm makes a talking output tester VOM Meter combination for around $100, which I intend to buy. I don't honestly remember whether itdoes 110 and 220 V.AC, but if so, that would be handy in venues where you'retaking a 220 line and running it through a power conditioner that steps itdown for the 110 equipment, and generally gives you at least the equivalent of 2 30 amp circuits, and often I've found those 220 lines stepped down areless noisy than the 110 lines in venues with everything from beverage coolers to light dimmers kicking up noise. Nick----- Original Message ----- From: <albertm13@xxxxxxxx>To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 8:57 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: getting shocked by equipment in home studio, any suggestions? Hi, If you have three pronged outlets you could possibly start by going to a hardware store and buying an outlet tester. Sorry, I couldn't find one at homedepot.com. You can read about them at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Receptacle_tester and www.acmehowto.com/howto/homemaintenance/electrical/outlettest.php Make sure you get one that can be plugged into the outlet and not just putnear the outlet. You would need sighted help because they only have lights.They are not expenssive.If you have two pronged outlets then it's probably a bad piece of equipmenton your end but turning the plugs around might help. I don't know of an easy way for you to test for the problem without a voltmeter. If the problem isn't your house wiring then you need someone who couldfigure out what piece of your equipment is causing this problem. Old piecesof equipment like a tube amps are notorious for causing this problem. Whenever you get shocked, electricity flows through you which means it has to go in one part of you and out another. Birds on power lines don't getkilled because they are only touching one thing. You are touching your micsbut you must be touching something else too. That's why someone elserecommended a rubber mat. Using a rubber mat is only hiding the problem butthe problem is still there. Are you wearing shoes? Perhaps your desk is metal and it is touching something. Albert --- Cameron wrote ---Hi all. I have a problem, hopefully someone can give me some suggestions orshed some light on why this is happening. The apartment complex I'm living in now was built in the early sixties I believe. The outlets are not very good, worn out, you can't plug anything into the top of any of them because it just falls out. You can only plug things into the bottom plug. Anyways, when I was using my FW1884, I didn't notice any issues withanything except for noise because I am on a dirty circuit/loop being sharedby all sorts of appliances and god knows what else. My current setup is now my ADK rack mount machine, Motu896 MKIII firewire interface, and BCF2000 control surface, which is all plugged into a power conditioner. I started doing some tracking with my new gear for a new job this week and whenever I used a mic that required phantom power, as soon as the mic wasplugged into the interface, I would get shocked if I touched anything metalthat was plugged into the conditioner, including the mic itself computer,control surface, interface, etc, . It's not enough to cause damage, but itis unplesent and is enough of a jolt to make you quickly stop touching whatever control you're touching. This happens even when the phantom power is switched off for every channel on the interface. I found out this afternoon that it also happens with dynamic mics too. As soon as all mics are unplugged, everything is fine. My power conditioner doesn't appear to have a ground lift switch. Is thisthe issue? Is there anything I can do to remedy this? I've got 5 months ofwriting and recording ahead and I really don't want to be freaking shocked every time I touch my gear!I'm going to make this issue known to the apartment manager on Monday but I really doubt they will understand what I'm talking about, or give a damn forthat matter. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Cameron. ____________________________________________________________ Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/BLSrjnsEGrEk4pskLBP4ZOsBHxT0WgIY T56vO82nb4RJqjhTY7eqkoksJUk/ PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! 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