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

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At 10:09 AM 1/8/2007, Ted Thompson wrote:

>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.

If it had been grounded it would have blew up.