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"You're Grounded"
I used to hear these words from my parents quite often when I was in
high school. I wasn't until I got into electronics that I *really*
understood what they meant......

Then again, if you completely remove the ground from any circuit, the
circuit will not function. Thus getting grounded may just be a good
thing...... At least once and a while :)

Now, how does one totally remove the ground from a circuit??????
 
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Sjouke Burry

Jan 1, 1970
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"You're Grounded"
I used to hear these words from my parents quite often when I was in
high school. I wasn't until I got into electronics that I *really*
understood what they meant......

Then again, if you completely remove the ground from any circuit, the
circuit will not function. Thus getting grounded may just be a good
thing...... At least once and a while :)

Now, how does one totally remove the ground from a circuit??????

With a wire cutter??
 
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DonMack

Jan 1, 1970
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Since ground is relative you can just call it whatever you want to get away
from it.


wrote in message
"You're Grounded"
I used to hear these words from my parents quite often when I was in
high school. I wasn't until I got into electronics that I *really*
understood what they meant......

Then again, if you completely remove the ground from any circuit, the
circuit will not function. Thus getting grounded may just be a good
thing...... At least once and a while :)

Now, how does one totally remove the ground from a circuit??????
 
J

Joerg

Jan 1, 1970
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"You're Grounded"
I used to hear these words from my parents quite often when I was in
high school. I wasn't until I got into electronics that I *really*
understood what they meant......

Then again, if you completely remove the ground from any circuit, the
circuit will not function. Thus getting grounded may just be a good
thing...... At least once and a while :)

Now, how does one totally remove the ground from a circuit??????

With a Glock 9mm?

:)
 
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MrTallyman

Jan 1, 1970
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"You're Grounded"
I used to hear these words from my parents quite often when I was in
high school. I wasn't until I got into electronics that I *really*
understood what they meant......

Then again, if you completely remove the ground from any circuit, the
circuit will not function. Thus getting grounded may just be a good
thing...... At least once and a while :)

Now, how does one totally remove the ground from a circuit??????

You are an idiot. And that was before you went senile.
 
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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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"You're Grounded"
I used to hear these words from my parents quite often when I was in
high school. I wasn't until I got into electronics that I *really*
understood what they meant......

Then again, if you completely remove the ground from any circuit, the
circuit will not function. Thus getting grounded may just be a good
thing...... At least once and a while :)

Now, how does one totally remove the ground from a circuit??????

The next time someone tells you, "Accentuate the positive, eliminate
the negative," ask them, "How the hell can I jump-start my car without
a negative?" >:->

Cheers!
Rich
 
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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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DonMack said:
Since ground is relative you can just call it whatever you want to get
away from it.

wrote in message
"You're Grounded"
I used to hear these words from my parents quite often when I was in
high school. I wasn't until I got into electronics that I *really*
understood what they meant......

Then again, if you completely remove the ground from any circuit, the
circuit will not function. Thus getting grounded may just be a good
thing...... At least once and a while :)

Now, how does one totally remove the ground from a circuit??????

Isolation transformer.

Hope This Helps!
Rich

*(at least in the real world. ;-) )
 
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Martin Riddle

Jan 1, 1970
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"You're Grounded"
I used to hear these words from my parents quite often when I was in
high school. I wasn't until I got into electronics that I *really*
understood what they meant......

Then again, if you completely remove the ground from any circuit, the
circuit will not function. Thus getting grounded may just be a good
thing...... At least once and a while :)

Now, how does one totally remove the ground from a circuit??????

Just call it a reference voltage, and you no longer have a ground.

Cheers
 
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Phil Allison

Jan 1, 1970
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"You're Grounded"
I used to hear these words from my parents quite often when I was in
high school. I wasn't until I got into electronics that I *really*
understood what they meant......


** Wot a fucking macaroon.

The saying alludes to aviation, of course.




.... Phil
 
Set it up on big insulators! I've been to some national labs where
they have ion sources elevated to a couple hundred kV. So, it is a
whole room sitting up on great big ceramic insulators, and there's
a guy with a grounding cable with a hook on one end and a long
handle on the other to ground the room before anyone goes in
or out.

Jon

There is a video on youtube where a guy exits a helicopter and crawls
on live 500,000 volt wires to inspect them.
I think this is the URL.
If not, search for "High_Voltage_Cable_Inspection" on youtube.
 
There is a video on youtube where a guy exits a helicopter and crawls
on live 500,000 volt wires to inspect them.
I think this is the URL.
If not, search for "High_Voltage_Cable_Inspection" on youtube.

Notice that the guy needs chain mail long johns to replace the (Faraday cage)
room.
 
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The Great Attractor

Jan 1, 1970
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There is a video on youtube where a guy exits a helicopter and crawls
on live 500,000 volt wires to inspect them.
I think this is the URL.
If not, search for "High_Voltage_Cable_Inspection" on youtube.

The 'inspection' takes place without being out on the wire. When they
go out on the wire, it is for servicing. Usually the conductor bundle
spacers, and insulator replacements. Full body shark suit required.
 
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Fred Abse

Jan 1, 1970
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Just call it a reference voltage, and you no longer have a ground.

I always call it "Zero Volts", unless it's an actual connection to
physical earth, like a buried ground mat for an LF antenna.
 
Just call it a reference voltage, and you no longer have a ground.

The standard prototypes for kilogram and meter were once stored in
Sevres, just outside Paris.

According to more or less unreliable sources, the stables at Sevres
also contained the standard horse that was used to define the horse
power :). Unfortunately that horse got old and died and most of the
old have converted to (kilo)watts.

According to even more unreliable sources, a universal ground
potential is available at a certain grounding rod in Sevres :) :).

Hopefully anyone reading this will understand that there are no such
thing as an absolute ground potential. In practice, everything is
differential and should be treated as such.
 
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