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Post subject: Audio cable shielding
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:17 am
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Location: North West UK
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Hi everyone, quick question from a total novice....
I don't want to replace a 'lot' of expensive
audio cable to shield it. Can I just run it through
copper pipe to shield it from RF and other interference?
Thanks in advance
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Kirt Blattenberger
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:46 pm
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Greetings Lostcause:
Running your cable through
copper pipe and grounding one end will shield everything
inside from outside interference. However, if cables
that were not closely bundled end up being so when
moved into the pipe, you could end up with cross-talk
interference that either did not exist or was unnoticeable
before.
...just a caveat
_________________ - Kirt Blattenberger
RF Cafe Progenitor & Webmaster
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:42 am
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Location: North West UK
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Thanks Kirt, good to know someone out there is listening.
I'll make sure the cable is pulled taught &
I'll route each channel seperately...I've a shed
load of pipe thats going to waste anyway!
Thanks
again
Lee
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:34 am
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Howdy Lostcause! If you haven't already routed
the cables through the pipe... something I have
had a lot of love with it using earthing braid.
You get it at most harware stores (here anyway)
and it's pretty cheap. You just open up the braid
aand it becomes a hollow tube that you can thread
the cable through. it works like a ninja for RF
and it has the advantage of being flexible. If you
feel like a lot of effort, you can also strip the
braded part off of old coax (RG223 double braid
works well because you get two different sizes.)
which is much thinner than the braid o your can
stuff a few shileded cables down one braid.
Hope that helps!
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:06 pm
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Like that idea, I have a ton of braid and never
even thought of it as hollow......Cool!
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