The OP (and the rest of us) might find this interesting:
http://www.rane.com/note110.html (title: Sound System Interconnection)
Also, I'll add a 'me too' (because it's important) to what Jorn and
Fons have said: nobody playing on my stage gets to 'solve' a problem
by disabling AC ground.
On 10/05/2014, Arnold Krille <arnold(a)arnoldarts.de> wrote:
On Sat, 10 May 2014 15:06:36 -0500 Reuben Martin
<reuben.m(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I work in large event audio-video-lighting
production, so it's very
common for me to be encounter power hazards that would probably give
most people on this list the creeps.
Its not professional encountering hazards and dealing with it
accordingly that give people on this list the creeps. Its
non-professionals (*) doing unsafe things without any knowledge and
with very real, very life-endangering consequences that gives us the
creeps!
I know that every production has certain types of cables deep down in
the cases. But I also know that breaking out these cables is only when
all else fails. And not by just any musician or roadie...
- Arnold