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Howdy List,
I misquoted the picture file in my previous letter by one letter. The
correct picture address is:
http://www.qsl.net/ke6myk/miscpics/curbside2.jpg.
Sorry for the mistake.
Mel Miller
M725 X 2
Mel Miller wrote:
> I agree that the two pins pictured at
> http://www.qsl.net/ke6myk/mispics/curbside2.jpg would be "live" if the
> other end of the power cable were connected to a source of power.
> However, what I said in my original posting s that these connectors are
> constructed so that the INSIDE of the hollow post is the area which is
> LIVE and that the OUTSIDE of the HOLLOW pins is INSULATED from the
> current carrying inside. That is what gives these connectors their
> explosion proof quality.
>
> To get a shock in normal dry conditions from this connector you would
> literally have to stick a nail or a thin metal rod into the hollow part
> of the pin to contact the conductor in the inside. I hope this makes the
> description clearer. Again, if you dropped this cable in a pool of water
> when the other end was connected to the generator with the switch being
> on you would get shocked.
>
> Electrically Speaking
> Mel Miller
> M725 X 2
>
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