Re: Tingles from power supply

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From: Eeyore
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:52

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FunkyPunk FieldEffectTrollsistor wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:40:21 +1100, Sylvia Else
> <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:
> >
> >Yes, I remember an instance when I was working in an office in the UK. I
> >noticed that my electric kettle's neon light stayed on even when the
> >mains power point switch was off. Clearly the powerpoint was wired up
> >the wrong way round.
>
>   Wrong.  Neons excite at 90V.  That voltage can float around more than
> you might like to think, particularly with no load, which such a bulb
> barely presents.

WRONG. She said the mains power point switch was OFF. Stuff like that works
properly in the UK.

Graham

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