[time-nuts] AC Connector On HP 5061B

[Hal Murray]

> US is similar regarding the lashing together of earth and ground for
> single phase power. However, current US electric code is very specific
> about which terminal of the AC plug is wired to "hot" and which is
> wired to "neutral". 

It used to matter back in the tube days when cheap radios/TVs didn't have a 
power transformer.  The neutral was connected to the chassis and the B+ was 
derived from the hot line.  That gives you a hot chassis if you swap the 
power wires.  (The chassis was all hidden in plastic, at least in theory.)


What happens to a 5061 if I swap the power wires?  I can imagine some second 
order considerations that would depend on how the power transformer is 
constructed.





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