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Isolated Electricity Supplies - Why they are not used for everything

John Ward (jwflame)
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An isolated supply is not referenced to ground, and so the only way to get a shock from it is to touch both conductors at the same time. They are not used everywhere as it is very difficult to ensure they remain isolated - any fault to ground anywhere would go unnoticed but convert the system to ground referenced. ...more
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Isolated Electricity Supplies - Why they are not used for everything
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2016Sep 18
An isolated supply is not referenced to ground, and so the only way to get a shock from it is to touch both conductors at the same time. They are not used everywhere as it is very difficult to ensure they remain isolated - any fault to ground anywhere would go unnoticed but convert the system to ground referenced.

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John Ward (jwflame)

203K subscribers