Ron is correct - never trust an outlet box ground without testing it first. The small 3-lamp testers available are something everyone should have in their toolbox.
That being said, what I have done is to take a conventional U-ground cord cap purchased at a local hardware store and fit it with a single banana jack (in place of where the SC cord would normally exit). This (green) jack is connected to the U-ground pin. When this plus is inserted into a (tested) 120V AC socket, the ground is available for other uses. I then plug the end of the ground wire from my Pomona anti-static mat into the ground connection, and I am ready to work on electronics with much less chance of a damaging static discharge. And, the setup is easy to move to another work area should that be needed. - Jim, KL7CC Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Take a look inside one of your outlet boxes. > (snip) > I never trust a ground without checking it. > > Ron AC7AC > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
