Re: [Elecraft] Was Grounding negative side of power supply?-CORRECTING A SERIOUS ERROR [END of Thread]

2010-01-22 Thread David Cutter
Eric I suggested that a picture is worth a 1000 words and here is a leaflet from the RSGB which explains some of the subject for UK amateurs. I'm sure there's a similar leaflet from ARRL and other societies. http://www.rsgb.org/emc/pdfs/leaflets/emc_leaflet07.pdf 73 David G3UNA > Guys - Ti

Re: [Elecraft] Was Grounding negative side of power supply?-CORRECTING A SERIOUS ERROR [END of Thread]

2010-01-22 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Guys - Time to end this thread (and related grounding, lightening threads). Please take it off list and correspond directly with one another. If you all are able to come to an agreement, then feel free to post a summary of the results. 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft Moderator >

Re: [Elecraft] Was Grounding negative side of power supply?-CORRECTING A SERIOUS ERROR

2010-01-22 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
he neutral." 73, ... Joe, W4TV > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Brown > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 3:15 AM > To: Elecraft List > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Was Gr

Re: [Elecraft] Was Grounding negative side of power supply?-CORRECTING A SERIOUS ERROR

2010-01-22 Thread Paul Christensen
> That's tradition, and common practice, but there is nothing in > NEC to discourage additional earth connections to the ground > (the green wire). Supplemental electrode grounding is allowed under NEC Article 250.54. One exception to multiple ground points on a circuit is the use of an isolate

Re: [Elecraft] Was Grounding negative side of power supply? -CORRECTING A SERIOUS ERROR

2010-01-22 Thread Jim Brown
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:02:58 -0500, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: >While the Neutral (the white wire in the US three wire power >cable) must be bonded to ground at the service entrance and >nowhere else, by code the Neutral must ** NOT ** be bonded to >the case/chassis of any equipment (e.g., white s

Re: [Elecraft] Was Grounding negative side of power supply? - CORRECTING A SERIOUS ERROR

2010-01-21 Thread David Cutter
A picture paints a thousand words. Point to a web page with all this drawn and save all this bandwidth. Someone might be then able to compare one system with another. David G3UNA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/

Re: [Elecraft] Was Grounding negative side of power supply? - CORRECTING A SERIOUS ERROR

2010-01-21 Thread Don Wilhelm
Jim, Yes, Yes, Yes!, I think you read it wrong. While multiple ground rods and multiple ground path are ok, National Electric Code requires them to be connected to the Utility Entry-point Ground. I have posted on this subject many, many times - any additional ground rods must connect to the e

Re: [Elecraft] Was Grounding negative side of power supply? -CORRECTING A SERIOUS ERROR

2010-01-21 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
t-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Brown > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:42 PM > To: Elecraft List > Subject: [Elecraft] Was Grounding negative side of power > supply? -CORRECTING A SERIOUS ERROR > > > NO, NO, NO! > > Joe, who rarely ever gets it wrong, ha

[Elecraft] Was Grounding negative side of power supply? - CORRECTING A SERIOUS ERROR

2010-01-21 Thread Jim Brown
NO, NO, NO! Joe, who rarely ever gets it wrong, has led us down a VERY wrong path, and you, who also rarely get it wrong, have followed him. :) It is the NEUTRAL that must be bonded to EARTH and SYSTEM GROUND at the main panel/service entrance, and ONLY at that panel. An additional NEUTRAL co