GROUND PROBLEM or SOMETHING ELSE ?

Bo Borland · From: South Jersey -

Here's the set up,
everything that has a power cord is plugged in to the same power strip which is plugged into an AC outlet. Everything is grounded.

The system is completely silent, no hums or buzzing.

I use a Hilton pedal with a hook pin up through the pedal rack.

In some rooms, there is a static crackle when my volume pedal moves, not the tread... but the pedal itself. The pin causes the crackle....I cut off a small piece of plastic straw and used it to insulate the pin and the rig is silent again.

What is the cause.. and should I care?

Ken Fox · From: Nashville GA USA

Sounds like ground loop hum. The pedal is grounded but is finding another ground via the pedal steel rack tot he pedal steel bodies ground.

You could use a Hum-X on the Hilton power pack or use a ground lift on it it to verify that is the problem

Bo Borland · From: South Jersey -

Thanks Ken. I may try the ground lift on the Hilton pedal to see if that is the problem and go from there.

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