Cheeky Monkey
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I've just been putting together a small (bedroom) studio in my home. I notice that some electric appliances create a hum when turned on. For example, I have two identical halogen lamps, one illuminating the keyboard, the other the mixer. Both lamps are on the same circuit, but one hums and the other doesn't (even if the non-humming one is off). I might've thought that perhaps the humming lamp is defective, but I've noticed this with some (not all) other electrical appliances in the house (e.g. I just bought a ventless electric fireplace for the master bedroom, and it's humming too. I don't know much about electrical. Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks.
Edit: Come to think of it, for a long time I've had a hum eminating from where the hydro connection braces to my house -- not at the meter at the ground floor, but at the top of the pole where the cables meet the house, on the wall outside the second floor bedroom that I'm now converting to my studio. Sometimes it hums, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it resonates in the bedroom. Given that my studio is entry-level, I doubt this hum will pose much of a problem when recording, or I can just wait until it stops doing it. On a few occasions over the years I've had both hydro workers and electricians at my house to troubleshoot, but they can't explain why this happens. They've changed the meter a few times, put some padding between where the cables connect to the house -- but nothing stops it. Surely this isn't normal??? Could it be an overall grounding issue? Where hydro workers and electricians have failed to solve it, I doubt anyone here can either, especially without actually hearing it. But who knows, some of you are pretty good at solving such things sight unseen. Thanks again for any advice.
Edit: Come to think of it, for a long time I've had a hum eminating from where the hydro connection braces to my house -- not at the meter at the ground floor, but at the top of the pole where the cables meet the house, on the wall outside the second floor bedroom that I'm now converting to my studio. Sometimes it hums, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it resonates in the bedroom. Given that my studio is entry-level, I doubt this hum will pose much of a problem when recording, or I can just wait until it stops doing it. On a few occasions over the years I've had both hydro workers and electricians at my house to troubleshoot, but they can't explain why this happens. They've changed the meter a few times, put some padding between where the cables connect to the house -- but nothing stops it. Surely this isn't normal??? Could it be an overall grounding issue? Where hydro workers and electricians have failed to solve it, I doubt anyone here can either, especially without actually hearing it. But who knows, some of you are pretty good at solving such things sight unseen. Thanks again for any advice.
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, but not how you're using it. Wuddya mean?