Splitting a coil without grounding it

[photograft]

Hey guys, hopefully someone can answer this. I've designed a wiring diagram for a guitar I'm redoing and the way I've put it together, when I split my humbuckers, I simply cut the unwanted coil out of the circuit, without actually grounding it.

Electronically this shouldn't pose any issues as they're switched out of the circuit entirely, but will this lack of grounding cause any issues magnetically?

I'm wondering if there might be eddy currents or some other unwanted interplay between the two coils of the pickups when one of them is simply cut out of the circuit, rather than the signal being sent to ground.


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[Demanic]

Re: Splitting a coil without grounding it

If it's not grounded, it could wind up acting like an antenna.

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[Brandenburg]

Re: Splitting a coil without grounding it

and inject unwanted noise..ive heard of people trying to wire up a kill switch with out sending the signal to ground too.... not advised

 

[photograft]

Re: Splitting a coil without grounding it

But if it's completely isolated when switched out of the circuit, it can't add any noise into the signal. I'm only concerned about how it might impact the magnetic functionality.


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[photograft]

Re: Splitting a coil without grounding it



This is the diagram I'm working off of. When the switches are thrown, the signal only follows one path. I'm just wondering if there will be any magnetic side effects. Electronically the wiring is sound.

 

[Demanic]

Re: Splitting a coil without grounding it

The magnets won't effect each other any more than they normally would.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Splitting a coil without grounding it

Magnets will behave like magnets regardless of what the wires are doing. Ground both coils, ground one coil, doesn't matter to the magnets as they are the source of energy in the inductor (pickup).