Dicus
Enthusiastic Member
So after finishing my studio in which I tried to the electrics to the best of my abilities I still have got some questions that I can't easily find answers to.
Underlying problems that might be solved this way are:
* I sometimes get shocks from my SM58
* One of my to stratocasters picks up quite some noise even after copper shielding. (the other doesn't so might as well be the guitar)
So I tried to lay out the electrics in a star pattern. Since I was rebuilding an existing room I could not reach underneath the floor well enough. The ceiling was to high up and would have meant loads of very visible electrics piping across the walls. So I could not make the electrics from the middle.
I however measured out all of the earthing cables and cut them on one length. I did not lay them around the walls to prevent building one big loop. And when I had spare I wrapped it very losely and switched the direction in which I wrapped it every other loop.
All of this looks like:
Around my Desk, plus screen, I have got a pc, subwoofer with two monitors, Interface.
The rest of the room has usually got a guitar tube amp, bass amp, and an amplifier for the PA (for band rehearsals)
Lights are on a different group with a seperate earthing lead.
Questions I have got:
* What are the rules regarding extension leads? Feels a bit strange after measuring out earthing leads with the same leads to start using an extra meter of earthing within your extension lead. (Around my desk I need 6 sockets plus some spare if a collabarator brings a laptop that needs charging. )
* I found these socketsplitters that plug straight into the socket en split it in two which probably only use 2 extra cm of earthing, would that be okay enough?
* My PA and bass amps have got a power lead that is replacable I could either plug in a short or a longer one? Would I like to have one as short as possible. Cause there is extra earthing length in those leads? Or is all of this silly and unnecessarily precautious?
* What do you want to plug into the studio sockets, is it okay/necessary to plug in the studio pc? Can I plug in my screen into the same group that has got amplifiers, monitors and interface?
* Based in the Netherlands we have got very stable electric supply no dips or peaks would it still be advisable to get a power supply that safes against surges?
Is there anything else that I overlooked?
Thanks so much! I finished my studio a bit ago but just can't let these questions go ?
Underlying problems that might be solved this way are:
* I sometimes get shocks from my SM58
* One of my to stratocasters picks up quite some noise even after copper shielding. (the other doesn't so might as well be the guitar)
So I tried to lay out the electrics in a star pattern. Since I was rebuilding an existing room I could not reach underneath the floor well enough. The ceiling was to high up and would have meant loads of very visible electrics piping across the walls. So I could not make the electrics from the middle.
I however measured out all of the earthing cables and cut them on one length. I did not lay them around the walls to prevent building one big loop. And when I had spare I wrapped it very losely and switched the direction in which I wrapped it every other loop.
All of this looks like:
Around my Desk, plus screen, I have got a pc, subwoofer with two monitors, Interface.
The rest of the room has usually got a guitar tube amp, bass amp, and an amplifier for the PA (for band rehearsals)
Lights are on a different group with a seperate earthing lead.
Questions I have got:
* What are the rules regarding extension leads? Feels a bit strange after measuring out earthing leads with the same leads to start using an extra meter of earthing within your extension lead. (Around my desk I need 6 sockets plus some spare if a collabarator brings a laptop that needs charging. )
* I found these socketsplitters that plug straight into the socket en split it in two which probably only use 2 extra cm of earthing, would that be okay enough?
* My PA and bass amps have got a power lead that is replacable I could either plug in a short or a longer one? Would I like to have one as short as possible. Cause there is extra earthing length in those leads? Or is all of this silly and unnecessarily precautious?
* What do you want to plug into the studio sockets, is it okay/necessary to plug in the studio pc? Can I plug in my screen into the same group that has got amplifiers, monitors and interface?
* Based in the Netherlands we have got very stable electric supply no dips or peaks would it still be advisable to get a power supply that safes against surges?
Is there anything else that I overlooked?
Thanks so much! I finished my studio a bit ago but just can't let these questions go ?