Re: newbie DC question
From: Rob Snyder (rsnyder_at_reversedthebrokenglass.com)
Date: 12/29/04
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:04:09 GMT
John smith wrote:
> "Rob Snyder" <rsnyder@reversedthebrokenglass.com> wrote in message
> news:qJ3Ad.38117$ld2.15952316@twister.nyc.rr.com...
>
>>Greetings.
>>
>>What *is* this ground thing? Does current flow from the negative output to
>>ground? From ground to the positive? Both? Neither? What they heck am I
>>missing?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Rob Snyder
>
>
> I remember when I was a kid...
> Behind my grandfather's TV was a bottle of Coca Cola with dirt in it and a
> piece of wire
> from the TV in the dirt.
> I asked my father WTF? (not in those words.)
> It wasn't until I started reading about "toobs" and other stuff that I
> realized...
> In Spanish literal translation, Ground = Earth = dirt (tierra)
> So, there was a bottle of dirt connected to the TV.
>
> Rob, you are in the right place. You got some good questins and good
> answers. Keep'em comming to try to
> get these kids in the NG straight and narrow. Otherwise they turn into black
> matter.
>
>
>
Wow... all of these responses were extremely helpful to me, and I'm
grateful for each person's time in responding. Thanks!
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