Living at Camp
Meeker are Ye? First of
all turn, off all of your Coleman stoves and lanterns. But seriously dirty
power can be caused by many things not named bush or Cheney, oops there I go
again. Dirty power might well be your issue. Are you using any energy guzzling appliances
like space heaters? To many of those can create brown power that will result in
hum like you described. I use a Furman AR117 Line regulator that I’ve
used for years , it ain’t cheap but is has superior filtering and a
battery backup which gives me a minute to shut down sensitive equipment if the
power goes out. I was the only one along with the drummer to finish a song at
an outdoor show a few years ago when the generator we were using went dead. The
AR117 also has a really good meter so you can get a visual on just how much
wall current is present. Most power conditioners don’t do squat, and in
some cases even the best ones wont solve this problem. That’s when an
isolation transformer of some sort would be needed. When I was recording with
Erdem in Istanbul
last June, the university studio where we worked had a power conditioner/ isolation
transformer the size of a walk in closet! An still the engineer said that they
will occasionally get interference from outside sources., and related line
noise. The bad news is isolation transformers are expensive.. Coincidently I
have to call Furman today and see about getting another battery for My AR117
because after 18 years of ownership it needs a new one. I had the power go out
last night, (too many space heaters going since the central gas heater in out
old house finally died. I’ll check with them to see what they have
available or where they can direct me and let you know. Congrats on the grant
BTW good going!!!! Now take some of that grant money and by an iso transformer…Doh!!!!!
Bill
