On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:20:51 -0400 "Peter N. Spotts" <kc...@arrl.net> wrote:
> >snip< Many thanks to all! My original question was prompted by an experience I had as a teenager visiting my uncle in the mid 1960s (oops, the gray hairs are showing). I was working in his garage, using a metal-housed electric drill in bare feet on a dry concrete floor. (No cracks about natural selection at work, please!). I got a jolt about 2 volts shy of a hairstyle by Boston Edison! (Although this was in a St. Louis suburb.) So that's what led me to wonder if an anchor bolt embedded in concrete would constitute a sufficient ground. It sure seemed to for that drill! Thanks again for the helpful advice! With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts -- KC1JB http://www.kc1jb.net (under construction) Email: kc...@arrl.net | Skype: pspotts QRP-ARCI # 4174 | North American QRP CW Club # 2446 Flying Pigs QRP # 1983 | SKCC # 4853 | QCWA #34679 W5JH Black Widow paddle #601 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html