[sdiy] preferred shielded cable, connectors

[Ingo Debus]

Am Donnerstag, 22.04.04 um 21:57 Uhr schrieb Cornutt, David K:
> A two-end-connected shield has a better chance of finding
> at least one path to ground.  And, in a pinch it might
> provide a safe way to dispose of a fault current in an
> ungrounded piece of equipment by carrying it through the
> cable to another piece of equipment which is grounded.  So it's
> both a functionality thing and a safety thing.

...given that the circuit interrupter breaks before the shield goes up 
in smoke. Some shields are pretty thin.


> Well, I can think of one kind of one-end-grounded cable that
> just about everyone on this list has at least a few of:
> MIDI cables.  The spec specifically says that they are to
> have their shields grounded at one end only.

AFAIK the shield of a MIDI cable is connected at both plugs. It's the 
MIDI In jack where the ground is not connected.

Ingo