Ground Loop Isolators Messing Up Club Circuit?

[Karlos Santos]

":s" .

LOL ok petal, ive no idea what :s means, it sounded like a statement not a joke.

[oliosky]

apology accepted.

[Karlos Santos]

Oh what a clever little boy you are ... such a witty reply.

How old are you 15 ?

[oliosky]

Anyway. Enough forum heroics.

Anyone else noticed an audible sound quality drop when using a ground loop isolator?

[Shane]

laptops aren't grounded, and the AC brick has a plastic case, i really don't see the functionality of a ground in this case. Regardless of if you have a ground or not, the breaker is going to trip, the point of grounding the case is.. that if for some reason (internally) an electrical contact touches the case, it wont shock you when you touch it, the grounded case will trip the breaker. Regardless of a ground or not, a short circuit will trip the breaker....

[K.T.I.T.]

If removing the Ground Pin stops the Hum, then its playing some part in the equation then isnt it.

I guess this more or less finishes the discussion whether or not the laptop ground is used, at all. As soon as I disconnect the power supply and let the notebook run of its battery the noises stop.

Dude how can that be called "alright". Any good Club owner would fire your ass out the building if you short his fuse box out cus you snapped the ground pin off.

Exactly. That is why I was asking a lot of people and also opened this thread. I just wanted to be sure that it wasn't my fault.

Again just out of interest, does anyone know how those ground loop isolators work?

[Shane]

some more insight: http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=201439