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<blockquote data-quote="Glenn Fin" data-source="post: 146501" data-attributes="member: 10179">Re: X32 DiscussionYup, you are correct and I stand corrected... just tried it with a .47uf cap connected in series with my scope on one side and a 48v power supply on the other side.On power-up, the cap on the scope side charges up to 48v then slowly discharges..... Live and learn... ugh!... I&#039;ll just have to be careful and not engage the phantom power on any of the inputs.........(edit)A simple 10k resistor to ground on the connected equipment side of the capacitor solved the issue. The turn on voltage spike is less than 2 volts with 48v applied to the other side of the cap. Line level connected equipment driving a 10k ohm load shouldn&#039;t present any problems.Although it would void the warranty, assuming the 48v is provided from a single source, a simpler solution would be to find the 48v source on the board and use a switch to disable it to all inputs. This would work for me because I&#039;m using the X32 only as a line mixer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glenn Fin, post: 146501, member: 10179"] Re: X32 Discussion Yup, you are correct and I stand corrected... just tried it with a .47uf cap connected in series with my scope on one side and a 48v power supply on the other side. On power-up, the cap on the scope side charges up to 48v then slowly discharges..... Live and learn... ugh!... I'll just have to be careful and not engage the phantom power on any of the inputs......... (edit) A simple 10k resistor to ground on the connected equipment side of the capacitor solved the issue. The turn on voltage spike is less than 2 volts with 48v applied to the other side of the cap. Line level connected equipment driving a 10k ohm load shouldn't present any problems. Although it would void the warranty, assuming the 48v is provided from a single source, a simpler solution would be to find the 48v source on the board and use a switch to disable it to all inputs. This would work for me because I'm using the X32 only as a line mixer. [/QUOTE]

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