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speaker isolation Ivan Sedneff 01-30-06
Posted by Ivan Sedneff on January 30, 2006, 6:51 pm
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Hello,

I made a portable enclosure for a car radio that has a negative ground
but the left and right speaker outputs have isolated grounds from each
other and the chassis.

I needed to common out the (-) from the left and right speakers in
order to attach them to the common connection on the headphone jack. I
successfully connected each of the (-) outputs from the left and right
speakers using non-polarized 47 uf electrolytic capacitors and joined
the ends of the caps to the headphone jack.

All is well when the jack is floating and un mounted, but when I mount
the jack to the chassis, even though the audio output is great, I get
annoying loud "clicks" and "pops" when I wiggle the headphone
plug/jack, most likely because of the caps discharging/charging.

Other than figuring a way to physically isolate the headphone jack
from the chassis, is there a way to drain the charge using resistors,
and if so, what values do you suggest?


Thank you for your help,

Ivan

Posted by Joseph2k on February 4, 2006, 4:12 pm
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Ivan Sedneff wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I made a portable enclosure for a car radio that has a negative ground
> but the left and right speaker outputs have isolated grounds from each
> other and the chassis.
>
> I needed to common out the (-) from the left and right speakers in
> order to attach them to the common connection on the headphone jack. I
> successfully connected each of the (-) outputs from the left and right
> speakers using non-polarized 47 uf electrolytic capacitors and joined
> the ends of the caps to the headphone jack.
>
> All is well when the jack is floating and un mounted, but when I mount
> the jack to the chassis, even though the audio output is great, I get
> annoying loud "clicks" and "pops" when I wiggle the headphone
> plug/jack, most likely because of the caps discharging/charging.
>
> Other than figuring a way to physically isolate the headphone jack
> from the chassis, is there a way to drain the charge using resistors,
> and if so, what values do you suggest?
>
>
> Thank you for your help,
>
> Ivan
About 8 ohms series with each capacitor. lowers the output a bit though.
--
JosephKK
Gegen dummheit kampfen Die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.
--Shiller

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