[Amps] Shock hazard?

[Tony King]

At 03:50 PM 11/12/2004, Harold B. Mandel wrote:
>Dear Will,
>
>Let's see, the a.c. cord is probably not polarized, so that means the
>chassis can either be hot or neutral, depending upon the insertion.....

Looking at the pictures, the line cord doesn't appear to be grounded.  In 
the 7th picture you can clearly see the line cord attached to a 5 lug 
terminal strip with two of the lugs attached with rivets to the 
chassis.  The line cord is not attached to one of those. One would hope 
that the applied line voltage goes to transformer windings. Of course a 3 
wire cord would help but without it doesn't necessarily mean there is a 
dangerous condition.
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73, Tony W4ZT