Old farm houses didn't have ground paths in the living rooms.
So, we were probably safer there than in the barnyard with a couple of
angry mules.
Don W4DNR
Quoting Wilson Lamb <[email protected]>:
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
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