Re: [LAD] May I asked something OT?

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Mon Jul 19 2010 - 22:04:28 EEST

On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 14:45 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

> http://www.instructables.com/image/FC6ZZ0XF8JUW8E8/What-is-a-killswitch.jpg
>
> This is what I call short circuit. It won't harm a pre-amp doing it by a
> potentiometer, but I wonder if doing it fast, again and again by a
> switch won't cause impulses, when the short circuit will be released
> again? Perhaps I do error in reasoning and it's quite save.

Yes, it's entirely safe. At that stage you've got a few tens of
millivolts of signal at best, across about a 1k impedance source.

Gordon MM0YEQ

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