[Boatanchors] BA's and 3-wire cords

[Gary Schafer]

Ground fault interrupters do not require a ground to operate. They only 
measure the difference in current on the hot and neutral.

73
Gary  K4FMX

Horace W. Hall wrote:
>>Under normal conditions, there is not supposed to be any current flowing 
> 
> in the ground wire that connects the main breaker box to the appliance, <
> 
> Ground fault interrupters will trip off if there is current detected in the
> ground lead, as there would be if ground & neutral were connected together
> at the radio.
> --Wayne
>   WB4OGM
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