Or there were the old scopes where you used patch cords and banana jacks.  We
had what was left of the power cord for one such scope hanging in the front of
the motors lab in college that showed the importance of having your setup
checked before applying power.  Seems the hot and ground leads to the scope
>from the motor being measured got reversed and the 120 VAC supply was bypassed
to ground through the green wire in the power cord.  For a short period of
time.  Then the green wire acted as a fuse.  That cord was NOT repairable. 
And, NO, I was not the culprit.  Didn't happen on my watch.

Ghery Pettit



From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ralph McDiarmid
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:35 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: scope probe gnd

Once for me as well.  I never forgot that lesson.


Ralph McDiarmid, AScT 
Compliance Engineering Group 
Xantrex Technology Inc



From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John
Woodgate
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 5:47 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Surge testing Questions

In message 
<9d04b979323dcd428297dda95108893e0120c...@bb-corp-ex2.corp.cubic.cub>, 
dated Tue, 10 Mar 2009, "Price, Edward" <[email protected]> writes:

>What, you never had that happen?!

Only once - so far!
-- 
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Things can always get better. But that's not the only option.
John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK

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