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AND TO A SAFETY GROUND THAT USUALLY GOES TO A METALLIC ROD DRIVEN INTO THE
GROUND.  THIS ARRANGEMENT IS A MAJOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENT OVER THE EARLIER
HOUSE WIRING IN WHICH THERE WAS NO GROUND WIRE.  THE SAFETY GROUND, OR
GREEN WIRE, TERMINATES AT THE ROUND PART OF THE AC SOCKET.  MOST EQUIPMENT
USES THE HOT AND NEUTRAL CONNECTIONS FOR EQUIPMENT POWER, WITH THE GREEN
WIRE CONNECTED TO THE EQUIPMENT CHASSIS OR FRAME, DEPENDING ON EQUIPMENT
CONSTRUCTION.  WITHOUT A GREEN WIRE, A SHORT OR LEAKAGE FROM THE HOT LEAD
TO THE CHASSIS COULD RETURN THROUGH AN UNSUSPECTING OPERATOR WHO TOUCHED
ANY METAL ON THE EQUIPMENT OFTEN, IT SEEMED, WHILE CONNECTING A COAX
CONNECTOR.  WITH THE GREEN WIRE IN PLACE, A SHORT OF THE HOT WIRE TO THE
CHASSIS WILL BLOW A FUSE, WHILE LEAKAGE WILL NEVER GET VERY FAR ABOVE
GROUND POTENTIAL.  SOME TRY TO USE THIS GROUND AS A STATION GROUND TO BE
‰  FROM PAGE 97  ‰
K7GEX/350 K7LZJ/339 K7NO/353 K7OH/340 K7SO/346 K7WE/344 K7XU/369 K7ZA/352
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