DIY patch bay ground noise

[Coma]

Re: DIY patch bay ground noise

Are you getting additional noise or same amount of noise, with or without using the bay?

Use two conductor wires in there, like in the last pic, makes it easier to work & function. I cant tell how thick the conductors are in the first pic, its better to go with thin ones, or they might be as thick as a thin speaker cable, that could pickup more noise. Even with the two conductor wire try to go as thin as possible.

Additional noise with bay. Same wire in both pictures. Quite thin ones, too. Think they're 0.5 mm.

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[Hank-]

Re: DIY patch bay ground noise

Are you getting additional noise or same amount of noise, with or without using the bay?

Use two conductor wires in there, like in the last pic, makes it easier to work & function. I cant tell how thick the conductors are in the first pic, its better to go with thin ones, or they might be as thick as a thin speaker cable, that could pickup more noise. Even with the two conductor wire try to go as thin as possible.

The grounds should match on the respective outlet too . Like e.g. make sure the send/ return input has the matching grounf to the send/rerurn output of that box.
If you are running the amp & pedalboard on different outlets then that can cause noise bugs too.

[Gtrjunior]

Re: DIY patch bay ground noise

Do you need to ground each outlet to a common ground? Like a metal chassis?
I would have thought the twist would have at least helped.

[Coma]

Re: DIY patch bay ground noise

I've now tried re-soldering. Top one is shield wire connected ground to ground. Bottom one twisted wires. Problem still persist. Thoughts?

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[Gtrjunior]

DIY patch bay ground noise

Not one wire ....single conductor wiring. .
Each set of jacks has 2 wires, essentially creating a loop. Those 2 wires should be twisted together. You’ll likely need to rewire since the current wires will be too short to twist.

Edit:
You might want to somehow label or color code one of the wires so you know which is which when they are twisted.

[Coma]

Re: DIY patch bay ground noise

It appears that you are using single conductor wiring. In that case, twist the wires around each other. Each pair should be twisted individually. That would be the best way in such a configuration.

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Huh? I don't understand, if there's only one wire, how do you twist it around anything?

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[skyydogg01]

Re: DIY patch bay ground noise

It appears that you are using single conductor wiring. In that case, twist the wires around each other. Each pair should be twisted individually. That would be the best way in such a configuration.

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[PFDarkside]

Re: DIY patch bay ground noise

If the cables are shielded you should solder the conductor to the tip lug and the shield to the sleeve lug. Then tie three of the ground lugs together. In this case a metal box would be better as they’d all be case grounded.

[Coma]

Just put this little thing together for my pedal board, but its causing quite a bit of noise. Casing is plastic, as I figured that would make grounding easier. Anything I've missed? Just ****ty components? All cables in it are shielded.