Phono/Turntable Connection Safety

[ballroomBoom]

I own a turntable with a ground wire. Is it electrically safe to temporarily test the turntable without using the ground wire?

Also, is it safe to my audio system if I temporarily connected the phono-out from my turntable directly into a line-in of my receiver? I understand I won't hear much sound, but it's a good way to ensure the turntable works. By "safe" I mean no damage to audio components.

Thanks.

 

[Pyrrho]

Neither should cause any damage. Neither is a good way to actually listen to any music, but neither should damage anything.

I am not sure how much it will help you with "testing" to see if things work, as you may get a loud hum without a ground for the turntable, though it depends on all of the particulars. And the sound will be way off hooking up to a line level input, as it will be far too soft, and the frequency response will be very bad if we are talking about a typical magnetic cartridge.

 

[slipperybidness]

OP, what is the problem that you are trying to test and solve?

 

[ballroomBoom]

OP, what is the problem that you are trying to test and solve?

I'm trying to make sure my turntable still works after several years of storage. That's why I want to check for sound.

 

[3db]

I own a turntable with a ground wire. Is it electrically safe to temporarily test the turntable without using the ground wire?

Yes its safe but you may or may not hear a lot of hum or background noise. That's why the ground lead is there; to bleed away the noise.

Also, is it safe to my audio system if I temporarily connected the phono-out from my turntable directly into a line-in of my receiver? I understand I won't hear much sound, but it's a good way to ensure the turntable works. By "safe" I mean no damage to audio components.

Thanks.

Yes its safe as well but like you mentioned, it will not sound good.