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From: guncer@nunki.usc.edu (Selim Guncer)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: grounding by pipe (was ... true ground?)
Keywords: ground, pipe, electrocution
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Date: 22 Jul 89 06:04:39 GMT
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how about using the "ground" as ground (:-)).  back home (in Turkey),
as new ee majors, we were operating our electric heaters by connecting
one end to the live terminal, and the other end buried in the front
garden. since the return path was not provided, we weren't charged for
the electricity! ofcourse, whoever did happen to jump over the fence
and step in the garden may have been electrocuted.

selimg
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