At 10:11 AM 10/14/99 -0700, Paul M. Anton wrote: >Does anyone have a shielded harness without >the ground lead shielded? If so how much residual noise do you have >radiated from the unshielded leads?
Theoretically, a ground lead should not have to be shielded, because all shielding is is wrapping a ground coaxially around a positive lead. So the shielding on a ground lead should, I said SHOULD be redundant. That said, part of shielding is to ensure that the path to ground is as low a resistance as possible. Any high-resistance path to ground WILL radiate noise. So by providing a greater surface area (radio frequency likes big surfaces), a more efficient ground is provided, hence the noise gets shorted out, rather than radiated. The short answer is 'try it.' Greg
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