Hello,
First time poster here. Hope the community is doing well. Just had a quick one about grounding the enclosures of my pedals. I have noticed that grounding the enclosure reduces noise and interference considerably, so I wanted to see some of your favourite methods of achieving this. The reason I ask, is that I am using some of these PCB mount style 1/4 inch jacks which do not make metal contact with the enclosure when using the plastic spacers, and thus, the jack can not act as the grounding point. Below is a picture of the style jack I am using for reference.
One more side question: I have also read that having two ground points creates a "ground loop". What are the negative impacts of this, and why do I see so many people using regular switchcraft style 1/4 inch jacks for both the input and output, which make metal to metal contact with the chassis? Wouldn't this be creating this multi ground point situation that people are advising against?
Thanks a lot!
Ben
First time poster here. Hope the community is doing well. Just had a quick one about grounding the enclosures of my pedals. I have noticed that grounding the enclosure reduces noise and interference considerably, so I wanted to see some of your favourite methods of achieving this. The reason I ask, is that I am using some of these PCB mount style 1/4 inch jacks which do not make metal contact with the enclosure when using the plastic spacers, and thus, the jack can not act as the grounding point. Below is a picture of the style jack I am using for reference.
One more side question: I have also read that having two ground points creates a "ground loop". What are the negative impacts of this, and why do I see so many people using regular switchcraft style 1/4 inch jacks for both the input and output, which make metal to metal contact with the chassis? Wouldn't this be creating this multi ground point situation that people are advising against?
Thanks a lot!
Ben