Grounding cable gauge size
For those of you using external grounding source devices, units such as Entreq, Nordost, Synergistic, etc. What size wire gauge seems to work the best?
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The green wire is meant to connect to the Puritan unit when using a Groundmaster. It takes all the power grounds out to the earth rod. On the city version I think it connects to the Puritan and then to a duplex via its ground connection. So, almost "earth ground", but more the electrical ground in the dwelling. |
I see you guys built your boxes like I did except we used different conductive media. I think I am going to try the reverse battery arrangement and lead in with plates like copper or stainless that are isolated from the rest of the box. Then I will put aluminum plates that do not touch the copper plates but use the conductive media to make the "circuit". It will take me a few weeks to do this. It will also be messy since the powder will be messy to reuse if this is a failure. |
You could try Plug In RF Router UK | System Grounding | Russ Andrews Accessories Ltd There is also a European version. More reading on grounding I have met the owner of Puritan ( Mike ) many times really nice guy and honest, great products. In UK, the "plug in" version does not seem to be supplied so why I have posted a link to Russ Andrews who make other products. I tried an earth wire 10 mm one wire connected to a Power supply for a DAC then in to a ground rod as an experiment FOR A FEW MINUTES ONLY. DO NOT CONEECT ANY OF your equipment to a ground rod without a RF router of some type. Grounding - Safety Fundamentals (1hr:13min:19sec) - YouTube Moving on. Grounding my system with one wire via a ground rod as above made a pleasant surprise, bass improved and treble less harsh so went all in for a full blown system with 2 x 3 meter ground rods 21 metres apart with 16 mm earth cable. One rod measured 18 ohms two rods 10 ohms. I must admit there was not much more improvement with the full blown version that ended up being quite expensive various cables and all equipment connected. My advice is try a ground rod with one wire before you purchase a RF Router. Hope the above helps......
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@ozzy The plug going into the socket provides the ground. The green wire connects the unit to the Routemaster, which provides a number of connections for grounding all of the components in the system (see photo with different terminations of those other green wires). |
