[sdiy] Question about earthing on power-one psus

Ken Stone sasami at hotkey.net.au
Sat Feb 12 05:59:33 CET 2005


>As Harry said, that is another completely different discussion.  I'm in the
>camp with David C.  I earth my power supply case and take all synth grounds
>to the power supply COM connection.  I do not bond earth and COM.

Any PSU I have is in a fully earthed box - BUT as above, I don't connect my
0V line (or panels) directly to it. I do however put a 1k 1W resistor
between them to prevent any voltage jack-up form occuring. Such jack-ups are
known to kill synths.

Ken
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