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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: BarryB on December 06, 2009, 11:40:23 PM
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Hey folks, I've got a question concerning ground wires. I've got a power supply that has 3 outputs. One 65v, one 5v, and one 12v. I'm using all of them in my build, and I'm grounding each of them separately. An engineer friend of mine suggested that I should really link all the grounding wires together, so they aren't floating relative to each other. Does that make sense to you all? I was worried that it would make my control box blow up in my face. Anyway, let me know...
Barry
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Barry,
In an ideal situation you would have all your ground wires, screens etc running to a single point ground (to avoid ground loops and possible noise pickup). In reality it is not quite as simple as that but it is what you should aim for.
Tweakie.