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

Stainless Brown stainlessbrown at sbcglobal.net
Mon Jan 8 12:39:20 CST 2007


I only asked because I need to replace the power cord... which doe work but the insulation is split in a couple of places.  No issues with shocks or hum/noise..... just thought it would be an opportune time!
   
  OF <scott195 at centurytel.net> wrote:
  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.

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