On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Amos Shapira wrote:
It wasn't a one-time shock but a continues electric current felt any time I touched the serial port. "Luckily" my room in that apartment was across the wall from the kitchen, so I drilled a hole in the wall and connected the ground of the socket to the kitchen's tap (I think I also replaced the socket on that opportunity).
ARGH! Never do that. 80% of the plumbing in this country is plastic. Connecting something to the 'ground' formed by a metal water tap (which continues outside with plastic pipe) means someone will have a very bad surprise on a day when the wall is very dry and non-conductive.
The electricity code forbids this anyway. Peter ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
