PhilNYC;165363 Wrote: > I would use two separate wires...You should do this mainly to get the two > circuits on the same side of the neutral. If you use a single, 3 conductor (with ground) having a single neutral, electrical code requires that the hot wires be from opposite side of the neutral. Each circuit, if on the same side of the neutral, has to have it's own neutral conductor.
Audio hum is often caused by stray current that flows in the ground wires of unbalanced audio circuits. This stray current is often capacitively induced from the mains power by, among other things, the interwinding capacity of power transformers. Splitting your audio gear to opposite sides of the neutral increases the voltage that may be coupled by stray capacity. This will increase any hum impressed into audio ground circuits. Years ago, I was the design engineer for a studio complex for a radio station. When the electricians wired the building, I had them put all circuits that would power audio gear on one side of the neutral... -- Timothy Stockman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy Stockman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8867 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31032 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
