I asked this question before but I unfortunately buried it within some other questions so got no responses to this question by itself... So I'll ask it by itself... It's about ground loops... From what I have read and been told the NEC requires the signal cables to have their shields tied to ground outside the structure but at a point as close as possible to the entrance to the structure... OK, so that is ground one which runs from that point back to the main building ground... Then all the way at the other end of the various signal cables, those cables attach to, I assume, a grounded (by third prong of power cord) receiver box, or perhaps to a grounded surge protector box... That ground runs back to the main building ground through the house ground wiring...
Now that creates a ground loop, in fact multiple ground loops for multiple signal wires... Is that an issue??? Am I correct that the receivers are grounded (I am not buying receivers until I get everything else installed so I don't have one to look at today)?? Grounding at multiple locations might improve electrical safety but it usually flies in the face of good signal processing procedures, especially if the ground loops make nice loop antennas!!!
Anyway, so what might anyone be able to share on this topic?? Are your signal shields grounded both outside the structure and at the receivers as well??? Any help would be appreciated... thanks... diitto...
Now that creates a ground loop, in fact multiple ground loops for multiple signal wires... Is that an issue??? Am I correct that the receivers are grounded (I am not buying receivers until I get everything else installed so I don't have one to look at today)?? Grounding at multiple locations might improve electrical safety but it usually flies in the face of good signal processing procedures, especially if the ground loops make nice loop antennas!!!
Anyway, so what might anyone be able to share on this topic?? Are your signal shields grounded both outside the structure and at the receivers as well??? Any help would be appreciated... thanks... diitto...