[Boatanchors] Article on changing from 2 to 3 wire power cords

[Hy Chantz]

When I was a mere boy : )    CQ Magazine had an article called "The 22 Watt Monster".  It was a low-power CW transmitter, whose schematic featured a grounded chassis and a one-wire plug.  It took me a LONG time after pondering it to understand how it worked....  

73 

W2HY

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilson Lamb" <infomet at embarqmail.com>
To: donroden at hiwaay.net
Cc: boatanchors at puck.nether.net
Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2019 2:20:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Article on changing from 2 to 3 wire power cords

And I thought I'd seen everything!!!
That's a new one.
WL
----- donroden at hiwaay.net wrote:
> I recall listening to my uncle's shortwave radio and there was a  
> ground wire going outside and to the metal plumbing pipe.   The AC  
> cord only had one blade on the plug.  I think I was a teenager before  
> I understood how that worked.
> Don W4DNR
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