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

[donroden at hiwaay.net]

Old farm houses didn't have ground paths in the living rooms.
So, we were probably safer there than in the barnyard with a couple of  
angry mules.
Don W4DNR

Quoting Wilson  Lamb <infomet at embarqmail.com>:

> 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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