If you get as much as 30 volts between neutral and ground you've got big trouble. It had better be less than a volt.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New toy > Hi, > > Ron has explained it well, I would just like to point out that you > probably won't get an exact 120 Volts, I have seen it as low as a hundred > and as high as 135. Similarly, though ground should be at the same > potential as the white neutral, there can actually be quite a difference, > 30 volts. Hot to ground though won't ever be that low. > > It is too bad that no one makes an audible polarity tester for outlets. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Baldwin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:05 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New toy > > > Hi, > In the mail today, i got my talking multimeter. Now what to do with the > darn thing. i mainly got it to test the heating mats I am putting under > my > tile. if I don't test them at several points during the install, the > warranty is void. > How would I test an outlet to make sure I got the hot on the right screw? > i am sure I will think of many many uses for it. > Michael > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.4/1226 - Release Date: 1/15/2008 > 6:19 PM > >
