Ah, but the questions are, what is a ground? And when is a ground not a ground? Also, when is more than one ground not a good thing?
73 -Jim On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 21:23:37 -0500, Robert Spooner wrote: >Three wire power cords insure that the fuse is always in the hot lead and >that the chassis is at ground potential. > >73, >Bob AD3K > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Jim Shorney >Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 7:56 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Drakelist] Test equipment and getting started > >On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 19:32:17 -0500 (EST), [email protected] wrote: > >>I see no need for either one. All my vintage equipment now has 3 prong >>power cords. I put them on as soon as I get one. >>What am I missng??? > >Not much, unless you are using your radio in the shower. In theory, it could >protect you if there is some sort of fault in the neutral conductor. On >another >note, there is a school of though that says that three wire cords are not >desirable for radio systems. > >73 > >-Jim > > >-- >Ham Radio NU0C >Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. >TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, >GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! > >"Give a man a URL, and he will learn for an hour; teach him to Google, and >he will learn for a lifetime." > >HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ >http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney >http://www.nebraskaghosts.org > > > >_______________________________________________ >Drakelist mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist > > -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! "Give a man a URL, and he will learn for an hour; teach him to Google, and he will learn for a lifetime." HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney http://www.nebraskaghosts.org _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
