jea48
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| hum from nearby high-tension wires? Steverw, have you called someone out yet to check your grounding?What part of the country do you live?With a plastic main incoming water line you should have a minimum of two 8ft ground rods. One wire coming from your main electrical panel to one ... | |
| hum from nearby high-tension wires? I agree with Aball. If you have a metallic main incoming water line that should be your main earth grounding electrode. Call an electrical contractor and have him check all the earth ground connections, both ends.Be careful messing with the earth ... | |
| What exactly does "Hospital Grade" mean? >>"Jea48, can you please explain the benefit of "Contact Pressure"?'<<>>>>>>>>>Here is some reading material for you. I am not promoting their product.http://stereophile.com/artdudleylistening/1103listening/ ... | |
| hum from nearby high-tension wires? >>"These aren't the monster tower kind of transmission lines for long distances, they are local distribution type within city limits that have lower emissions."<< [Steverw]>>>>>>>>>Just curious how high off t... | |
| What exactly does "Hospital Grade" mean? Nerspellsner, LOL, I never heard of that test, LOL.You do know there is a device that plugs into the outlet and while extracting it, will give you the resistance to the pulling action in ounces...Jim | |
| What exactly does "Hospital Grade" mean? >>"And I don't think that requiring "X" amount of force to remove a plug from an outlet makes the outlet superior for our purposes although a snug fit is obviously necessary."<< [Studioray]>>>>>>>>>>> I... | |
| What exactly does "Hospital Grade" mean? >>"Jea48, please find the technical data to back up your statement. Dont just disagree , prove your statement"<<[Mapleleafs3]>>>>>>>>>>This may be on a grand scale but you will get the idea...http://205.24... | |
| What exactly does "Hospital Grade" mean? >>"It means it can be used in ares where there are flameable materials."<<[Mapleleafs3]>>>>>>>>>>>Sorry, not true....If a plug is pulled from an outlet and there is a connected load, current flowing, th... | |
| What exactly does "Hospital Grade" mean? ">>Reading it I notice that "Hospital Grade" means it has certain characteristics, like tolerance of "Abrupt removal" (yank the wire) which are probably important in the Hospital environment, but which IMHO are not relevant to the outlets we... | |
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| Burning CD question >>"I have been using Verbatim DVD+R discs and burning at 128."<<[Uppermidfi]>>>>>>>>>>>>I have to admit I am totally confused. Am I wrong in my thinking that a DVD+R disc will not, or should not, pla... | |
| Burning CD question >>"I have been using Verbatim DVD+R discs and burning at 128."<<>>>>>>>>>>> Thats a new one to me, my CDR burner will not even read a DVDR disc. Try a CDR blank disc, see how that works.... | |
| Power cord 15amp and 20amp Neil, if the PC also has an equipment grounding conductor does UL still require the shield to be grounded on both ends? It would fly in the face of the way a shield works would it not. I was always taught to ground the shield at one end only and t... | |
| Power cord 15amp and 20amp >>"Quite often, cords are described as "20 amp" cords even though they have 15 amp hardware (plugs). This is because the wire conductors themselves are 20 amp capacity. The only reason I can think that cords are sometimes described this way ... | |
| How long do Cassette Decks last I have had my NAK 500 since 1978 still works fine.Hours on it, hundreds.Jim |