22 Jun
2013
22 Jun
'13
4:49 p.m.
On 06/22/2013 12:54 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
That may well be what is happening to the OP. But I would want to know
just why 2 mains sockets on the same banch do not have their ground
terminals soldily connected together. And I would want ot know it before
something with a much larger leakage current is plugged in. Having metal
cases becoem live is not my idea of fun.
Generally, I don't worry too much about 3-wire equipment. I am
particularly careful with old 2-wire stuff, such as lamps with metal
bodies. There's it's not capacitor leakage that'll do you in, but the
accidental shorting of the body to the hot side of the line.
It's happened to me with brand-new lamps right from the store. I don't
understand why 2-wire lamp cord is still legal in these days of grounded
outlets being almost universal.
I guess I should pop open that PSU today and see what's going on.
--Chuck