<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I have no scientific input on this but I have almost everything from one socket, no ground loop problems. I can say that dimmable lights cause some interference which guitars like to pick up :-)<div class="">Oh, and also certain LG Monitors are really bad at this, but better since they added shielding :-)<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Having had a close by lightning strike twice in 15 years breaking some network and computer stuff, I have everything going through a couple of these:</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.brennenstuhl.com/en-DE/products/extension-leads/premium-protect-line-60.000-a-8-way-3-m-h05vv-f-3g1-5" class="">https://www.brennenstuhl.com/en-DE/products/extension-leads/premium-protect-line-60.000-a-8-way-3-m-h05vv-f-3g1-5</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">/Micke<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 30 Nov 2018, at 20:26, Joost Schuttelaar <<a href="mailto:joost@joostschuttelaar.nl" class="">joost@joostschuttelaar.nl</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Alright -bar! Quiz time. <br class=""><br class="">Time to make the plan for power in the studio. That means, power sockets in the wall and in the floor.<br class=""><br class="">A dozen years ago (whoa) we talked a lot about ground loops. I have the idea that these days it’s a less prevalent topic, but should we 1), still wire up things with the ’star’ system, where we everything comes out of a single socket?<br class=""><br class="">And 2), does it make sense to have a dedicated power group for the studio? One for the computer, screens and audio gear, with the lights etc. separated?<br class=""><br class="">The default way of wiring up the studio would be two lines from the mains, one for the floor sockets (shared with the room below) and one for the wall sockets/lights.<br class=""><br class="">So, what to do? Pull another cable? Just connect the wall sockets and the floor sockets? Or just keep as-is?<br class=""><br class="">Thx guys :)<br class=""><br class="">Cheers,<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class=""><br class="">Joost Schuttelaar<br class="">The Hague, NL<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">music-bar mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org" class="">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a><br class="">http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar<br class=""><br class="">Listen to Music-Bar Radio! <http://www.music-bar.org/radio.html></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>