How can you tell if your power supply is grounded or grounded...? Also, what equipment (protectors and such) should be used to prevent this from happening...?
Peace // D ----- Original Message ----- From: "PANTHER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:53 AM Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: ground vs. ungrounded power? > Holy crud yes there is a risk of wrecking your equipment if you get one bad > power surge/pop that gets through your lineconditioner and has no where to > go (b/c ground is absent) but out through your gear (it's worse if you only > use surgeprotectors, -everything- in our studio runs off lineconditioned > ups'd power, (IT guy talking here))....never have computers or anything like > like that ungrounded....it'll work fine, but it's only a matter of time > before your rig gets popped... > > maybe try to find a socket in another room and use an extension cord? > > peace > -LOS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "alpher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:25 PM > Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: ground vs. ungrounded power? > > > > If some of your equipment requires a ground then there may be a risk of > > electrocution if it is not grounded and there is a malfunction. > > > > al > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Trust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 29 January 2002 03:57 > > To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List > > Subject: [dnb-prod] ground vs. ungrounded power? > > > > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 > > > > Do to an abrupt changing in living situation i am being forced to > > temporarily set up my studio in a room that has no grounded (3 prong) > > electrical outlets. It's easy enough to hook up a couple of 3 -> 2 > > prong > > adaptors, but is this a bad idea? Obviously doing so bypasses the > > grounding, but does this pose any sort of problem or threat to my gear? > > I > > would guess thay noise would be an issue, but that is temporarily > > acceptable - is there any potential of physical threat to my gear? > > > > thanks, > > trust > > > > > > --- > > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > --- > > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
