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Mad Rooster
12-Mar-08, 04:51pm
Anyone experienced electric shocks when using SSL?

I checked out the Serato forum and it doesn’t seem to be a widespread problem, and they also didn’t offer any real solution to the problem.

I am using 2xCDJ400, DJM400, Powerbook G4 and SSL. I also use the 9V AC/DC adaptor into the SSL control box so that I can play CDs when my mac is not hooked up. When the mac is hooked up, I get small electric shocks mostly from the small countersunk screws that are used to hold the mixer together (but also from sometimes from the CDJs). I also notice some sparks between the mac USB port and the CD player’s USB cable (via a hub) when plugging the USB in. This has been very annoying.

Any ideas?
phunkdust
12-Mar-08, 06:59pm
It's the mac. Floating power supply.
mcdoofus
12-Mar-08, 08:51pm
Wear thongs or install carpet? (I'm serious)
Gruso
12-Mar-08, 09:01pm
Grind all your earth pins off.




I'm joking.
Master Mischief
12-Mar-08, 09:35pm
Stop playing with vibrators in the booth...!!! Espeacially the ones with bunny ears!!!...mind you...easter is next week...never mind...carry on...
Geoffo
12-Mar-08, 10:33pm
could be kind of fun like one of those lightning reaction things

http://www.crazy-gadgetz.co.uk/catalog/images/TS0073701857.jpg
truba
12-Mar-08, 11:26pm
could be kind of fun like one of those lightning reaction things

http://www.crazy-gadgetz.co.uk/catalog/images/TS0073701857.jpg
orgasmatron
Mad Rooster
12-Mar-08, 11:28pm
Wear thongs or install carpet? (I'm serious)

Funny you say that. My floor is exposed concrete. But I'm sure I've worn thongs and no difference... although I'm not that sure. I'll try it out and will report back.
mcdoofus
12-Mar-08, 11:31pm
Yeah my home theatre (on tiles) used to shock the fuck out of me every time I turned it on. Kept a pair of thongs handy next to the amp and no more shocks :)
phunkdust
13-Mar-08, 12:41am
Some sort of widget to electrically isolate that USB connection could be good. That'd seperate the mac ground from the rest of the gear.

Not sure if a custom cable with the 5V lines cut would work, as the D- line could potentially provide a route.
ChAbIb
13-Mar-08, 02:51pm
call an electrician!
phunkdust
14-Mar-08, 12:36am
and a locksmith