On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:25:35 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

I'm familiar with musicians getting injured or killed during rain at outdoor
venues, but my band will be playing a number of clubs beginning next month,
and I'm wondering about the risks of incorrectly grounded circuits. These
are all indoor situations, by the way. Hypothetical example: Let's say I use
a circuit tester and find that the guitarist's amp is plugged into a
correctly wired outlet, but the microphone mixer is not. There's no
connection from his guitar strings to anything electrical, but there
certainly is through the body of the microphone, and perhaps the stand
itself. Is he at risk only if there are other problems within our equipment,
or at all times due to the wiring faults at the outlets?


If you're working outside, get wireless mikes, and hire
a competent theater tech to tour with you and do setup.