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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: long patch cord TV-to-receiver ?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.055656.701@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec14.233335.16072@eafs000.ca.boeing.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 05:56:56 GMT
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- mjv8557@eafs000.ca.boeing.com (Mark J. Vandiver) writes:
- :
- : > cable to run under the floor (in the basement ceiling). I went to my local
- : > radio shack and bought some raw two-conductor with sheild cable, and four of
- : > the solder-type RCA plugs. I ran the cable, wired the plugs, and under the
- : > advice of the radio shack guy, did not connect the shielding to anything
- : > (this would have been physically difficult anyhow) on the RCA connectors.
- :
- : > Problem: I now have a noticibly loud "hum" along with the sound coming from
- : > the TV (hum is only through receiver, not from the TV speakers at all).
- : > Is my problem related to 1) the length, 2) the fact that the
- : > sheilding is not connected, or 3) that fact that I had to physically run the
- : > cable alongside household AC wiring for about 10' of the 35'?
- :
- : No! No! No!!!. You must use the sheilded part of the cable! Connect it to
- : the outer RCA connector on both th eleft and right side. This provides a
- : ground shield for all wires. Check to see if you are parrallel to a house
- : wire in close proximity. That will induce hum as well, but not as much as
- : with an unsheilded cable.
-
- I would ground the shield at one end only. Otherwise, you may end up with
- what is called a ground loop. We encounter the problem all the time in our
- telecommunications cabling.
-
- Bill
-