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...or, it seems like you could use one of those three prong
to two prong adapter things...you can find them at True
Value Hardware or Radio Shack, I bet.
dp
--- Brian Neal <> wrote:
> Bill,
>
> I never want to speak for Dave Wronski... :) , but I
> think what he
> is saying is that if you have a ground plug on your tank
> AND on your
> amp, you have the potential (pun intended) for a ground
> loop. This
> could happen if you plug your amp into one outlet and
> your tank into
> another, and the two outlets were not using the same
> physical ground
> path.
>
> I am not an electrician, nor do I play one on TV, so I
> won't comment
> on the merits of removing the ground (third) plug from
> your tank.
> But I think Dave is right, since you never use the tank
> by itself
> (!) you will be grounded by virtue of your amp. If you
> have an old
> Fender amp, like your Super, you could plug your tank
> into it (but
> then again your amp probably has a 2 prong outlet) to
> keep
> everything on the same path.
>
> It looks like one would need to remove the ground plug on
> the tank.
> But don't quote me on that, please consult an electrician
> to be
> safe. Either that, or always plug your reverb unit into
> the same
> outlet that you plug your amp into to get the same
> ground.
>
> Another source of hum with the reissue reverb units is
> the
> footswitch cable. Bruce from the Cocktail Preachers
> posted a
> document in the file area which explains how to fix that.
>
> (Unfortunately its a MS-WORD document, but I can convert
> it if there
> is interest). Or simply disconnect the footswitch.
>
> BN
>
>
>
>
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