Info on Can Amp modification....

[Greycat]

Ok, so I have read the other threads of how easy it is to modify your Can Amp battery to power your cordless mic.
However, the details are a bit sketch and I don't want to fry both devices.
Is it as easy as opening up the Amp and attaching aligatior clips to the + and -, then running it into your mic via a spliced cord?
Sounds simple, and I'm not exactly an idoit when it comes to electronics, I just want to make sure I'm not overlooking something.
Measure twice, cut once and all that.
Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED...

[FireNix]

YES - simple as that

As you say - you do. I didnt even use Clips (you'll see when you take the battery out - its abit of a fiddle. I just attached wire directly to the battery terminals, slipped back over the connectors and plastic and voila. I think Montreal eric said something about welding....Ive had like this for 1 year and no probs.
You just need to make sure youve got the + and the - correctly on the wires into the mic.
From what re-call theres a Red band on one of the wires from the mic. But if you know your electrics I guess you have a meter?
Hope that makes it B&W

[Greycat]

Hmmmm, thats what I did, and the mic works fine, except theres this terrible buzzing noise that comes through the speaker when I use the mic. It's almost too loud to be distracting.
I rehooked the mic back to the wall, and took away the battery attachment and theres no hissing, so it must be the connection. Wierd eh?
Any input?
Montreal Eric did indeed tell me the other day to sotter all of it, and I just might do that as it's not that hard. I'm just wondering about the freakin hissing. It's raining (again.) in Montreal as well as Quebec City, and Burlington....all the places a busker can go to make some dough.
Looks like it's time to fiddle with props....

[Hunter]

It sounds to me like you've got some RFI (radio frequency interference) going on; it happens when power cables and audio signal cables don't play well together.

I don't have any experience with the rig you're setting up; so there may be a free solution I don't know about. However, I can tell you that snapping a ferrite core onto your audio cables can soak some of that RFI out of your audio signal. You'd be in the market for something like this:

FERRITE CORE - SNAP ON

Hope this helps.

[Greycat]

Thanks for the advice Hunter. I fried the mic, good and proper, sadly. Don't know how I did it and I've been to several electronics places to try and hook up my backup mic and they all won't touch it.
Total crapper....