Transformers - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

26 May 1998

...
 > reservation is the fact that it doesn't have a
ground plug.  I'm sure I
> can just pass the ground connection on from the computer to my wall outlet
> since the ground lead is attached directly to the computer case, no? 
>   Tony Duell &lt;ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk&gt; said:
...
 Exactly. And when you do that, also ground the
frame/core of the 
transformer, just in case the insulation ever breaks down. 
 Isn't this step-up transformer also acting as an isolation transformer,
isolating the secondary from ground? I thought that meant that you
didn't not need a ground because secondary of the transformer has
no relationship to ground. I'd like to find out because I use one with
my Mitsubishi MoveMaster robot.
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