I have a customer that wants to add a studio in their garage and limit “noise” on their equipment. I’ve dealt with isolated grounds in big commercial buildings but never homes. He asked about adding a sub panel and grounding it there again, but that will change the ground reference also.
Audio Grounding in a home
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I think that the only thing might make a difference run all IG's back to the service where the MBJ is installed. Isn't there special power conditioners used for studios?
zbang
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If you're wiring with NM to a single panel, those circuits are effectively isolated-ground anyway. Unless he really needs more than one 20 amp circuit to run the equipment (which is not likely), any "noise" problems he has are likely to be entirely in the audio wiring. (Assuming that he's not next to an airport or radio tower, that is.)
brantmacga
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NM in plastic boxes will be isolated.
Yes, there are power conditioners also.
I used to play music and record quite a bit. I’ve heard studio engineers *swear* by deep earth grounding. I’ve never heard a before/after, but I’ve had multiple engineers tell me using a 50’-70’ grounding electrode solved noise issues.
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Yes, there are power conditioners also.
I used to play music and record quite a bit. I’ve heard studio engineers *swear* by deep earth grounding. I’ve never heard a before/after, but I’ve had multiple engineers tell me using a 50’-70’ grounding electrode solved noise issues.
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K8MHZ
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If the rods were pounded in with a pneumatic jack hammer I totally understand how the noise issues were solved.
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