Ground Loop Isolator - Thoughts?
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I need to get one to get rid of my subwoofer hum.
Copy and paste the link below to see one that I've found on Ebay.
http://urlsnip.com/043197
Thoughts?
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Last edited by Moorthy; 02/24/06 06:22 AM.
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Link police...
http://urlsnip.com/043197
I'm not familiar with that product -- the Scosche line seems to be aimed at car audio -- but assuming it is an isolation transformer intended for audio use it should work OK.
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That's what I was thinking. Car audio or home audio, it SHOULD work for both.
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I tried somthing like that from RadioShack to get rid of the hum from my sub, it didn't work for me.
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Check out my experiences with ground loops, and the solution I found, here:
http://www.nextlevelav.com/forum/showthread.php?t=733
The punchline: the EbTech HumX worked like a charm.
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Rick
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Okay, I think that I've got it figured out.
I lopped the ground plug off of an old extension cord to test the sub, and voila, that worked. No more hum.
Question: If I buy a power supply loop eliminator, do I just plug the subwoofer into in, or should I plug in the whole power bar that is suppling my system (audio and video).
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Moorthy,
CUTTING OFF OR OTHERWISE BYPASSING THE GROUND OF A 3-WAY PLUG IS DANGEROUS!
Many people do defeat the ground prong of a three-way plug to address ground loops. ALL these people increase the risk to themselves, and members of their household, of electrocution.
There are safe, low-cost solutions - the Ebtech HumX is merely one of them.
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No worries, it was just for a test.
I've already removed the "doctored" extension cord.
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Okay, where can I get a Ebtech HumX ????
I've searched to no avail. The US distributors that I've found do not ship to Canada. I just love that.
Is there a similar product sold in Canada ???
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