Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Ground Loop Isolator - Thoughts?

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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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.

That's what I was thinking. Car audio or home audio, it SHOULD work for both.

I tried somthing like that from RadioShack to get rid of the hum from my sub, it didn't work for me.

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.

link

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).

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.

No worries, it was just for a test.

I've already removed the "doctored" extension cord.

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 ???