BIZARRE! If you left the ground disconnected or, if the ground were poor, you'd have a real pile of hot stuff! WL ----- Hy Chantz <[email protected]> wrote: > When I was a mere boy : ) CQ Magazine had an article called "The 22 Watt > Monster". It was a low-power CW transmitter, whose schematic featured a > grounded chassis and a one-wire plug. It took me a LONG time after pondering > it to understand how it worked.... > > 73 > > W2HY > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wilson Lamb" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2019 2:20:34 PM > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Article on changing from 2 to 3 wire power cords > > And I thought I'd seen everything!!! > That's a new one. > WL > ----- [email protected] wrote: > > I recall listening to my uncle's shortwave radio and there was a > > ground wire going outside and to the metal plumbing pipe. The AC > > cord only had one blade on the plug. I think I was a teenager before > > I understood how that worked. > > Don W4DNR > > _______________________________________________ > > Boatanchors mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors > > _______________________________________________ > Boatanchors mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors > _______________________________________________ > Boatanchors mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors
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