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kcfireball
Post subject: rid 60hz hum with a capacitor ???
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:01 pm
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I read somewhere on a form sometime back that if you place a .100pf capacitor in the wiring of a single coil guitar that it would no longer have 60hz hum. If this is true where would you place it or is this just a lot of bull? :roll:
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Post subject: Re: rid 60hz hum with a capacitor ???
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:17 pm
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.100pf?
As in a tenth of a Pico-Farad?
Like 1x10 to the power of -13 farads?
I think any difference that would make would be fairly negligible.

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Post subject: Re: rid 60hz hum with a capacitor ???
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:23 pm
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My bad-I made a type-o ,I mean 100pf sorry for the goof. :oops:
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kcfireball wrote:
My bad-I made a type-o ,I mean 100pf sorry for the goof. :oops:


All that will do is filter out certain frequencies which in turn, will suppress certain hisses and hums. In reality, it serves no constructive nor practical purpose.

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Post subject: Re: rid 60hz hum with a capacitor ???
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While we're on topic, what does a capacitor actually do in a guitar? Because to my mind capacitors are for storing energy, and use in timing circuits. I know they're used with the tone pot, but how does it actually work?

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In the same way a capacitor stores electrons and stops them flowing, I can only presume it stops treble frequencies passing too.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/capacitor.htm/printable

Not a bad read.

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Hey KC isn't surgery soon?

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nikininja wrote:
In the same way a capacitor stores electrons and stops them flowing, I can only presume it stops treble frequencies passing too.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/capacitor.htm/printable

Not a bad read.


Right. Based on the value of the capacitor, it grabs certain treble frequencies and bleeds them off to ground.

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Post subject: Re: rid 60hz hum with a capacitor ???
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Hi Niki
Yes the doctors are sharpening up their knives as we speak. The big day is the morning of Feb.9th,That is if it will stop snowing long enough for me to get there. between tonight and Wednesday we are getting up to fourteen inches .Nothing like our East coast Brothers and Sisters have gotten but bad just the same.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:06 pm
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Bah 14", a smattering, nothing more. I jest :wink:

Listen if things get that bad, tell homeland security that some mad brit is coming over to carry you piggyback to the hospital. That he's not a threat to national security, just bloody determined. And he'll be leaving as soon as he's got you where you need to be.

Chin up mate. Chin up and set firm!

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nikininja wrote:
Bah 14", a smattering, nothing more. I jest :wink:

Listen if things get that bad, tell homeland security that some mad brit is coming over to carry you piggyback to the hospital. That he's not a threat to national security, just bloody determined. And he'll be leaving as soon as he's got you where you need to be.

Chin up mate. Chin up and set firm!



Make that two: I'll be shoveling a path for you and the Ninja.
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nikininja wrote:
Bah 14", a smattering, nothing more. I jest :wink:

Listen if things get that bad, tell homeland security that some mad brit is coming over to carry you piggyback to the hospital. That he's not a threat to national security, just bloody determined. And he'll be leaving as soon as he's got you where you need to be.

Chin up mate. Chin up and set firm!

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Make that two: I'll be shoveling a path for you and the Ninja.



OK Niki I'll get my saddle oiled up
and my spur's sharpened for the ride
and Nutter I'll make sure you have a riding snow blower ready for you on stand-by !
Even better would be to get a hold of airbornestrat and have him call in some napalm then we could just have Retroverbial fly us in by Hue ?! :lol: :roll: :shock:
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Get a Panamax Surge suppressor that has power filtration. Panamax M10HT Pro

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