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Re: general question re polarized ac plugs on receivers as shipped originally

 
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On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 01:54 PM, dcc98_05 wrote:
Over the years have seen some very creative wiring in houses!! To save wire only run a hot wire to a bathroom for lights then hook to a metal water pipe for a neutral to make it work. Older houses with a fuse box with both hot an neutral with a fuse. So when you measure from the hot or (neutral) to ground you get 60 volts AC. The house I grew up in was wired like this. Have a Army generator from 1952? model PE75 that has the 60 volts to ground on both pins. The design dates from 1936 and was used until the mid 70s. the outlet was 2 pin twist lock. ?
HI?? dcc98 and any others?

RE:? ¡°creative wiring in houses¡­¡­..¡± ???interesting, anything was possible in the days of the wild west,

some of the next is said in hindsight, after some sleuthing..and assumptions about how you got this info.. so please forgive me if I am missing something.

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RE: Older houses with a fuse box with both hot an neutral with a fuse. ¡­¡± .. I wonder ¡­or maybe.. 2 hot lines and an unseen gnded-neutral? are you sure what really enters the house?

RE: So when you measure from the hot or (neutral) to ground you get 60 volts AC. ??¡­.. I wonder ¡­ see measurements and DMMs below.?

RE: ??¡°²µ±ð²Ô±ð°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù ??has the 60 volts to ground on both pins¡± ¡­.. I wonder again? see capture of the manual¡­and ?see measurements and DMMs below.

Your situation tweaked my curiosity.. anything was possible, but I wonder just where and how these voltages are/were determined¡­?

You said ?¡°¡­.you measure from the hot or (neutral) to ground you get 60 volts AC.¡± --- I will quibble about ¡°ground¡±.. what/where is? ¡°ground¡±.. is it really ground= grounded ..or is just a should-be ground?

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Also, these Hi Z? ?DMM ?meters can badly fool anyone as the ?capacitive coupling in the wire and/or slight dielectric leakage? becomes real voltage/power ?to the meter, so if voltages are from one of those

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The generator info i found is that it is 110vac,? without comment on possible 60-60 split, or neutral, or ground
I can only guess that the generator neutral is not grounded.. to the frame


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as Steve often says ¡°the plot thickens¡±... have a look at this


73 don? VA3DRL

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