How about COMMON? This would take care of the AC/DC sets with a floating
"ground", any set using the chassis as the power return connection, sets
with back bias, sets with printed circuit boards and no chassis, and battery
portables with nothing like an earth ground connection.
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"John Byrns" wrote in message
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"Mark Oppat" wrote:


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Carter,
lets get in the habit of saying "to CHASSIS" rather than "to GROUND".
I
mentioned this before in this group... its really the correct term to be
using,

"CHASSIS" sounds good for AC sets like the one being discussed here.

especially since sometimes we are working on "hot chassis" sets too.

How many "hot chassis" sets actually have a hot chassis? "GROUND" seems
more correct for "AC/DC" sets where the power line neutral is not
connected to the chassis, in the case of "AC/DC" sets "NEUTRAL" would
seem to be most accurate, except for those sets using full wave voltage
doublers, which calls for yet another word.


Regards,

John Byrns

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