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- Jan 1, 1970
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I'm trying to find out why these are used as safety precautions in
servicing mains connected equipment. Seems to me that not being
electrically connected to the mains is a moot point. Surely the pole
transformer isolates me from the generating dynamo at the power
station, but my outlet can surely still kill me. Induced currents can
surely be as dangerous as directly conducted currents?
Wikipedia states under this heading:
"In electronics testing, troubleshooting and servicing, an isolation
transformer is a 1:1 power transformer which is used as a safety
precaution. Since the neutral wire of an outlet is directly connected
to ground, grounded objects near the device under test (desk, lamp,
concrete floor, oscilloscope ground lead, etc.) may be at a hazardous
potential difference with respect to that device. By using an
isolation transformer, the bonding is eliminated, and the shock hazard
is entirely contained within the device."
Why would things connected to the same ground have dangerous potential
differences from that ground?
Could some kind soul 'splain this to me, please?
jack
servicing mains connected equipment. Seems to me that not being
electrically connected to the mains is a moot point. Surely the pole
transformer isolates me from the generating dynamo at the power
station, but my outlet can surely still kill me. Induced currents can
surely be as dangerous as directly conducted currents?
Wikipedia states under this heading:
"In electronics testing, troubleshooting and servicing, an isolation
transformer is a 1:1 power transformer which is used as a safety
precaution. Since the neutral wire of an outlet is directly connected
to ground, grounded objects near the device under test (desk, lamp,
concrete floor, oscilloscope ground lead, etc.) may be at a hazardous
potential difference with respect to that device. By using an
isolation transformer, the bonding is eliminated, and the shock hazard
is entirely contained within the device."
Why would things connected to the same ground have dangerous potential
differences from that ground?
Could some kind soul 'splain this to me, please?
jack