[BC] Hot and grounded chassis

[Glen Kippel]

This is mentioned in the "The Doctor is IN" column in the August 2006 issue
of QST.  Yes, it is advisable to fuse the positive lead right at the battery
so that a short to ground between the battery and the rig won't set fire to
the car, garage, house, etc.

On 8/10/06, Dana Puopolo <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:
>
> Yep,
> Come to think of it, that's where I saw it...on a Johnson Messinger 1 CB
> rig...
>
> -D
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:17:17 PM EDT
> From: Wayne Thomas/Notebook PC <kg4muc at comcast.net>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Subject: Re: [BC] Hot and grounded chassis
>
> I remember those :-)
> I have an old Johnson Viking Messenger that has an old Elenco plug fused
> on both legs.  Haven't seen those in several years. Not really a bad
> idea all in all..
>
> WT
>
> Dana Puopolo wrote:
> > I remember a two prong non polarized line plug that had two 3AG type
> fuses
> in
> > it - one for each side of the line. You pushed them out via small holes
> on
> the
> > top if the plug.
> >
> > -D
> >
> >
> >
> > ------ Original Message ------
> > Received:
> > From: "Mark Humphrey" <mark3xy at gmail.com>
> > To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> > Subject: Re: [BC] Hot and grounded chassis
> >
> > On 8/10/06, nakayle at gmail.com <nakayle at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> One change which I think is over-kill is the current UL requirement
> that
> >> even small household appliances now must use SPT2 cords.  These seem
> >> unnecessarily bulky for small light-duty appliances such as a table
> lamp
> or
> >> clock radio.
> >>
> >
> > The British/Irish practice of fusing the plug (up to 13 amps) might
> > make the most sense: this protects the flimsy line cord as well the
> > appliance, and puts the fuse in a location that's easy to access and
> > replace.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13-amp_plug
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:G_plug.png
> >
> > British plugs have ample volume for a fuse, but North American plugs
> > are probably too small, unless we want to start making them the size
> > of wall-warts.
> >
> > Mark
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