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Article #156Re: Electrical DIY in the old days...
From: Watson A.Name
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 12:41
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 12:41
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In article <0001HW.B970A81E00153A7D0D69B770@news.supernews.com>, anon@example.net talked about... > Came across this in a UK d.i.y. forum: > > "Don't worry, my dad once went to repair a 'wireless' set, which in those > days needed an 'aerial' and an 'Earth', only to find the earth connection ran > to a jam jar full of soil!" > Which reminds me. In the last few years I've seen more of those appliances that use just a single wire with a piece of plastic holding a single pin, which is meant to be plugged into the power outlet. The single pin is just the ground pin. A good example is the 'low radiation' CRT filter with the wire hanging from it. I suppose if this is okay, then the average hobbyist could do the same with the Xtal set he builds. -- @@F@r@o@m@@O@r@a@n@g@e@@C@o@u@n@t@y@,@@C@a@l@,@@w@h@e@r@e@@ My email address is whitelisted. *All* email sent to it goes directly to the trash unless you put NOSPAM in the Subject: line. alondra101 <at> hotmail.com Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half). http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did! Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html @@t@h@e@@a@f@f@l@u@e@n@t@@m@e@e@t@@t@h@e@@E@f@f@l@u@e@n@t@@
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