In a message dated 8/24/01 2:32:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tboicey@brit.ca
writes:
> The "ground" that you are standing on is unrelated to chassis
> ground in a car, so isn't a factor. If you could somehow
> ground your radio in the car to the pavement it doesn't work
> as an electrical ground to the circuit.
>
> Note that this isn't true with houses, because the house
> electrical circuit is grounded with a rod driven into the
> earth. So the word "ground" actually means something, and you
> could get some current to flow by taking a leg of your house wiring
>
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What if you have a ground rod stuck in the ground and wired the radio from
the battery, thru the radio, to the ground stake? An interesting experiment.
I guess I would need a long ground wire to drive to the nearest pub whilst
listening to the radio.
Allen Hefner
SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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