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sharps4590 replied to the thread Beauty of old electrical and measuring things, etc..As a retired electrician I sure saw a lot of that stuff! Evidently, regrettably about all of it ended up in the trash. Back in the... -
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sharps4590 reacted to dlgoff's post in the thread Beauty of old electrical and measuring things, etc. with
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Even as a kid, I saw beauty in old devices. That made me want to understand how they worked. I had lots of old things that I keep and... -
sharps4590 reacted to hutchphd's post in the thread I want to understand Wagner's Parsifal with Love.
The key to the city. Enjoy What's Opera, Doc? Kill the Wabbit........kill the wabbit
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sharps4590 replied to the thread Music What Happened to Talent?.Who is the greater talent, a Bach, Handel, Tchaikovsky, Mendelsshon or Chet Atkins, Christopher Parkening, Joe Pass or perhaps Tommy...
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Some of us can yet sense on our own how fine or not that it is. Talent, if that's what is to be appreciated and valued, really does...
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I've heard it first in my SCUBA class.
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and electricians...
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sharps4590 reacted to Averagesupernova's post in the thread Why must residential electrical systems be connected to Earth (soil)? with
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The point was that this sort of thing happens "in the wild". The real world example I gave did not have the conduit or switch box... -
sharps4590 reacted to DaveE's post in the thread Why must residential electrical systems be connected to Earth (soil)? with Like.
This!!! RCD/GFCI should not be used as primary protection. They are an additional safety feature which simply isn't as reliable as good...
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sharps4590 reacted to Averagesupernova's post in the thread Why must residential electrical systems be connected to Earth (soil)? with Like.
I don't intend to chase every link you provide since there are endless misconceptions with someone either spouting off how they think it...
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sharps4590 reacted to Averagesupernova's post in the thread Why must residential electrical systems be connected to Earth (soil)? with Like.
@gen x the link you proved in post #12 makes sense. The user named transistor is basically correct although I will say that a fault the...
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sharps4590 reacted to DaveE's post in the thread Why must residential electrical systems be connected to Earth (soil)? with Like.
Also, note that isolation transformers aren't just your run of mill transformer. They will (should) have appropriate construction with...
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sharps4590 reacted to tech99's post in the thread Why must residential electrical systems be connected to Earth (soil)? with Like.
Isolated systems are used for safety on construction sites etc. A transformer is used where the secondary is not connected to earth. A...
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sharps4590 reacted to Lnewqban's post in the thread Why must residential electrical systems be connected to Earth (soil)? with Like.
Wherever persons can be in contact with electricity with voltage above 60 volts, the salty fluids inside their bodies can become a...
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sharps4590 reacted to sophiecentaur's post in the thread Why must residential electrical systems be connected to Earth (soil)? with Like.
If you have Googled this then you will have see a diagram of a grounded system. If every exposed piece of metal is connected to ground...
