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Re: replacing old ungrounded receptacles

#13431 09/04/02 03:43 PM

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Don,

The capacitive coupling can really lead to some puzzling readings if you are using a digital meter with a high input impedance.

The typical DMM has a 10 meg impedance, and it takes only a very small value of capacitance to give a reading of half the supply voltage.

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replacing old ungrounded receptacles	donles	09/04/02 02:44 AM
Re: replacing old ungrounded receptacles	txsparky	09/04/02 03:47 AM
Re: replacing old ungrounded receptacles	dana1028	09/04/02 04:58 AM
Re: replacing old ungrounded receptacles	ElectricAL	09/04/02 02:45 PM
Re: replacing old ungrounded receptacles	donles	09/04/02 06:57 PM
Re: replacing old ungrounded receptacles	pauluk	09/04/02 07:43 PM
Re: replacing old ungrounded receptacles	tsolanto	09/04/02 07:57 PM
Re: replacing old ungrounded receptacles	donles	09/05/02 01:42 AM

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