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Re: [Amps] Hot Chasis Problem

To: Sam <w4oae@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Hot Chasis Problem
From: aborg <a_borg@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:14:46 -0700 (PDT)
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This chassis definitely is hot, it bites pretty good.
Using 
a piece wire touching from chassis to another contact
chassis point yields a pretty good spark.
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--- Sam <w4oae@comcast.net> wrote:
> Your hot chassis could just be a phantom voltage
> reading.  IE there isn't any real current potential
> between the B- and chassis ground.  Due to the very
> high impedance of the probe it shows a voltage
> potential due to the internal resistance of the
> probe being so high.  Try shunting the HV probe with
> a few megs of resistance and see what happens.  
> 
> W4OAE

Mike-KK4MS
a_borg@yahoo.com

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