[Hallicrafters] SX-100 ground issue

[Roy Morgan]

At 01:44 PM 4/6/2005, Al Manhan wrote:
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>A lot of older homes did not have 3 wire cabling they only had two, hot and
>neutral. Code requirements here require a replacement outlet to be two prong
>only for those homes. Putting in a 3 prong outlet would lead to a false
>sense of security.

Al,

Thanks for the info on older electrical systems.  I agree with false the 
sense of security aspect.

>Home Depot sells a 2 wire replacement plug and cable assembly that has the
>hot wire on a narrow prong and the neutral would go on the larger prong.
>This is what I use in my replacement cables.

Is there any chance of you installing some new wire and outlets to feed 
your radio work and operating areas?  Then you'd have a true sense of security.

Roy



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