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DIY Hotbox hum

5/7/2000 2:23 PM
Bob S II	DIY Hotbox hum My clone had a god-awful hum. The only way I found to get rid of it was to disconnect the ground from the AC cord. After that, it was as quiet as can be. However, that's not a solution I am prepared to live with (for obvious reasons, and no pun intended). I read somewhere that the input and output jacks need to be isolated from the chassis to prevent a ground loop problem - I'll try this next and see what happens. =Bob

5/7/2000 2:23 PM

Bob S II

DIY Hotbox hum

My clone had a god-awful hum. The only way I found to get rid of it was to disconnect the ground from the AC cord. After that, it was as quiet as can be. However, that's not a solution I am prepared to live with (for obvious reasons, and no pun intended

).

I read somewhere that the input and output jacks need to be isolated from the chassis to prevent a ground loop problem - I'll try this next and see what happens.

=Bob

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