Proper Grounding Techniques

[Jim Beacon]

From: "David V. Corbin" <dvcorbin at optonline.net>


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> The idea of the 1M resistor (actually, there should be two 1M resistors in
> series, in case one fails..
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> Considering that resistors might open, but rarely short...i would expect
> this to actually be parallel....
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No, the resistor is there to protect the engineer, not the equipment, hence
series.

Jim.