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

[Wilson Lamb]

BIZARRE!  
If you left the ground disconnected or, if the ground were poor, you'd have a real pile of hot stuff!
WL
----- Hy Chantz <chantz at well.com> wrote:
> 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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