RE: [Harp-L] electricity and amplifiers

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

> If you're getting a shock from your amplifier, get fixed ASAP. People die 
> from
> that stuff regularly. Especially playing outdoors.Always be extremely 
> careful
> with your vocal mic as well if you're holding your harp mic. Tap the mic 
> with
> your knuckle to make sure there's no shock. You grab hold of that thing it 
> can
> put enough volts through you to kill you. Don't mess around with this. I 
> always
> have my amp plugged in the same circuit as the PA. I remember a gig where 
> the
> wind damaged the wire on the poles, turned all the outlets into 220 volts.
> Amplifiers in flames.
>
> Rainbow Jimmy

I've always used a portable circuit-breaker plug to plug my amp into (= RCD, 
residual current device).  These things are cheap these days.  If Guinness 
gets slopped on my amp or mic I live to fight another day.

Steve

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