By all means , try make a dent if you are concerned about
it , but you might make a bigger one if you construct a lead box to protect
you from ambient radon levels, or declare your house a wireless free zone
than you would by putting away your instruments.
J
You don’t live in Arizona and have lightning rods all over
your yard right? (Just kidding)
From: Ricky Graham
[mailto:rock.guitar.guru@btinternet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:55 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Electrical current
So,
essentially I should dry my eyes and stop worrying about it? :-)
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Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, February
17, 2010 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: Electrical
current
The
12v is like putting a 9V battery next to your hand except have a couple pieces
of plastic and maybe some shielding between you and the battery. Bad
stuff (what I consider bad) is having 250K Volts in overhead lines close to
houses. If you've seen a transformer explode that gives you an idea of
the power being passed through those lines.
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Sent: Tuesday, February
16, 2010 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: Electrical
current
Thanks
for your response. Just to be clear. The question I was asking (which
essentially, you've answered) was what voltage I should expect to be exposed to
when using any outboard gear powered off mains. I'm powering
my graphtech piezo system with an Axon AX-50, and I'm measuring 12 volts?
Forgive my ignorance, I'm far from an electrical engineer! :-)
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Sent: Wednesday, February
17, 2010 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: Electrical
current
Guitars
aren't "powered" by electrical mains. They use the induction of the
string crossing into the magnetic field of the pickup. I've only measured
about .5 Volt output from my guitars and I'm sure the amperage is quite
low. It would be much worse to get a 9v battery on your tongue.
If
you're using a tube amp, some with 450 V biasing voltage, if you had a shorted
input capacitor you could possibly get that voltage at the guitar but I don't
think the guitar lead(cable) would handle it.
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Sent: Tuesday, February
16, 2010 4:10 PM
Subject: OT: Electrical
current
A
question regarding health and safety. Is the voltage/current in electric
guitar p/u's in any way hazardous to your health? I'm particularly interested
to hear from guitarists who use high powered outboard gear and MIDI pickups
with guitar to MIDI converters, which use electrical mains, both AC and
DC.
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