Alex Eban wrote:
> The danger lies in the fact that the ground fault interrupter gets bypassed
>
Ground Fault Interrupter?
I say that only half jokingly as I'd bet that about 75% of the ham
stations out there are in homes without GFIs.
The average home in existence was built well before they were required.
I use a GFI outlet on each run out of the breaker panel in the shop.
There is not one GFI in the house although I do have a carton of the
outlets ready to install.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> if you strap the ground and neutral wires at the appliance. The fault
> (leakage) current has to have a separate path to ground in order for it to
> work. If the appliance develops a short to the casing, and your strap is in
> place, the case will be hot and the GFI won't sense it. Under these
> circumstances, no matter the path the phase current and the neutral currents
> will remain equal, thus defeating the GFI.
> Alex 4Z5KS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Bill, W6WRT
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:04 AM
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] TL922 Power Plugs
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:49:13 -0500, "Carl" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
>
>
>> The danger is some big hungry rat or an evil person will remove your
>> neutral wire which will return you to the dark days of a 2 wire non
>> polarized outlets and plugs. Just think, you may only have a one wire
>> system then and will have to carefully reach around until your hand finds
>>
> the missing path.
>
>> How some of us survived to talk about them confounds the rules makers.
>>
>
> REPLY:
>
> That wasn't my question. Please forgive me if I wasn't clear enough.
>
> My question was this: I understand why it is necessary to bond ground and
> neutral together at the service box, but I don't understand why it is
> forbidden to bond them together at the appliance.
>
> There must be a scenario which causes danger but I just can't imagine what
> it is.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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