Exactly right Red.
But to accomplish holding all equipment to a common ground potential,
each piece of equipment must have its own ground lead to that single
point. No daisy chain of equipment grounds before it reaches the
designated single common point.
Plugging equipment into different outlets usually results in a daisy
chain hookup of the ground leads as electrical wiring is usually run
from one outlet to another. Even though the ground and neutral may still
be separated and only common at the power panel, this type of
arrangement does not constitute "single point grounding" as is referred
to in our ham station single point grounding.
73
Gary K4FMX
Red wrote:
> I believe the single point ground is to hold all equipment grounds at a
> common potential; so that there is no potential or voltage between any
> two component grounds. Short and minimally inductive conductors from
> equipment to that single point minimize that potential difference.
> Equipment grounds and the single point ground must not be connected to
> the system neutral, except at the service entrance and at the power
> company equipment. There must be no path between system neutral and
> ground anywhere else.
>
> 73 de Red, WOØW
>
> Gary Schafer wrote:
>
>
>>With single point grounding for the antenna / power system the idea is
>>to not have ground paths through any equipment to ground.
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>>73
>>Gary K4FMX
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