Re: Of earths
When I was a whippersnapper at uni, I went to stay with a friend, his dad was a sparkie at Goodyear in Wolverhampton.
As I walked through the kitchen, I brushed close to the microwave. The casing was stainless and vibrating 50Hz. So I pointed it out.
Out came the screwdrivers, and dad whipped off the plug, a proper job MK one. But the hole at the top, moisture had got in, and the earth wire was all corroded.
Stripped back, fresh copper exposed, plug back on, normal service resumed. He asked me how I knew, and I just told him, I used to play with old TV's when I was 12, (live chassis) and I knew that mains leakage feeling a mile off!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
