Hi All,
For years as G3nyk will attest, my practice has been to run all mains
operated test equipment via a single, large isolating tranny. The one I
have also has a Faraday screen. One of the best surplus buys I ever
made. I prefer the test bench to be a safe environment.
73
On Mon, 2011-10-10 at 11:10 +0100, Chris Trayner wrote:
> Hi Mal,
>
> On 10 Oct 2011, at 02:25, mal hamilton wrote:
> In the UK the switch is always in the LIVE (hot) wire and NEUTRAL direct to
> the appliance except it happens to be a double switch.
>
> 'Is', but not always 'was' ;-)
> There used to be 'live chassis' radios and TVs with the single-pole mains
> on/off switch between the chassis and the neutral lead. Turn it off and the
> chassis would be genuinely live ...
>
>
> 73,
> Chris G4OKW
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> Dr Chris Trayner
> School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering,
> The University of Leeds,
> Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
> Tel: +44 113 34 32053
> Fax: +44 113 34 32032
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