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30-10-2010 #1
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I like your thinking .... What is a 'Ground Loop' ??
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30-10-2010 #2
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When your earth wires form a loop, think of it as a single turn fat transformer winding that someone has shorted out with a crowbar.
Originally Posted by Wobblybootie
It soaks up stray magnetic fields, sucking power out of anything trying to flow AC or switch DC. It flows milliVolts at big Amps.
The worst one is when a newbie looks for somewhere to connect his earth wire and spots a handy nut on top of a toroidal transformer :rofl:
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