[HAM] 2 prong to 3 prong (grounded) power cord

[Ted Thompson]

This makes no sense.  If it were grounded you never would have been bit, 
that's the whole point of the safety ground.

Obviously, if you are adding a ground you want to be sure there is no 
pre-existing problem that will cause something to short and burn out 
once the ground is in place.  But the threat of some future failure due 
to a safety ground being present is no reason not to put one in place.

A new power transformer is pretty cheap when weighed against the cost of 
a funeral.


Cheers!

Ted Thompson
General Manager - Speakeasy Vintage Music

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OF wrote:
> At 12:04 PM 1/7/2007, ElSeveno at aol.com wrote:
> 
>>> yes
>>   Reminds me of Kenny the Gardener on Letterman, " As usual Kenny you've
>> raised more questions than you've answered"
>>    Like Dave said, check the archives you have make sure there is no
>> continuity between chassis and AC and follow all the protocol for hot, 
>> neutral and
>> ground. Leaky transformers, switch side are a couple etceteras to consider.
> 
> Yep, I want to second that. Given all the ways these organs can leak AC to 
> ground, I never ground them. I recently worked on a B-3 that had 318V on 
> the chassis. I kept saying, "OW! What's biting me???"
> 
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