6 Feb
2011
6 Feb
'11
12:10 p.m.
On 2011 Feb 6, at 8:02 AM, Tony Duell wrote:
No, I rememebr pre-1970 poer tools. Aluminium casing, 3 core cable,
proper ground to a polarised mains plug.
If you wish to point out that's the way it was over there, fine; that's
interesting. It's not the way it was over here.
That's always bothered me a bit. I've
replaced the 2-wire cord in a
drill with a 3-wire one, attaching the ground wire to the field coil
laminations. While not perfect, it's probably better than nothing.
Remember old (pre ~1970) power drills? : non-polarised plug,
ungrounded, and *aluminum* housing and handle.