Forrest, thanks for your input, so how the negative input could get grounded? further on on the radio side?
On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 7:22 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < [email protected]> wrote: > Depends on the unit, and how truly isolated everything is. > > I know some models which don't tie either polarity so the isolation isn't > necessarily. I know of others which won't even start without being > solidly grounded on both the ac and DC sides. > > From a practical perspective, if you don't tie either the ac earth ground > or the output to ground, and isolate the chassis, I'd expect the output to > be able to be used in either polarity. However, there are numerous unsafe > conditions which may be created by this, expecially if the negative output > terminal gets grounded. > On Dec 8, 2015 4:12 AM, "Gino Villarini" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So, i was wondering if isolating a -48 dc rectifier from the rack/ground >> would turn it into a polarity agnostic device? >> >
