Tuner and pedal in one enclosure problem

Started by Lino22, June 02, 2023, 12:00:33 PM

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Lino22

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The Tuner parasite signal eventually leaked through a grounded 2 mm aluminum shield made from an old BB enclosure. The buzz was very quiet and audible only when my amp volume was all the way up, but anyway. I couldn't even see it on my oscilloscope. However, I found a way to install a power kill on the rotary selector switch, so there is a happy ending to it.
When the core started to glow and people started yelling, he promptly ran out the door and up a nearby hill.

amptramp

I have taken a few electromagnetic compatibility courses ( the Don White courses are excellent and thankfully they were funded by the company I was at) and one thing they say is the best way to eliminate noise is to not generate it in the first place.  A power kill switch always going to be the most effective answer.

Rob Strand

Quote from: Lino22 on June 06, 2023, 03:45:34 AM
The Tuner parasite signal eventually leaked through a grounded 2 mm aluminum shield made from an old BB enclosure. The buzz was very quiet and audible only when my amp volume was all the way up, but anyway. I couldn't even see it on my oscilloscope. However, I found a way to install a power kill on the rotary selector switch, so there is a happy ending to it.
Sometimes it turns out that way.

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I have taken a few electromagnetic compatibility courses ( the Don White courses are excellent and thankfully they were funded by the company I was at) and one thing they say is the best way to eliminate noise is to not generate it in the first place.  A power kill switch always going to be the most effective answer.
It seems like there's a non (magnetically) shielded inductor on the Tuner board.   In theory you could replace it.
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