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Grounding and why charge leakage occurs
A basic nugget of info is missing in my end-to-end picture of how grounding works and why it's important. When a voltage is applied in a circuit the electric current starts flowing (or the field ...
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Why the measured voltage increases when I change ground reference?
The following image shows my connections:
The grounds of all devices are connected to a common PCB. When I measure the 1.2V referenced to the ground on my PCB, it reads 1.201V which is great. But ...
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Why would a power supply unit with insulating case and galvanic separation need a grounded power cord?
Recently I witnessed an external IBM laptor power supply that looked like a usual switched-mode power brick (rather small and lightweight for it more than 50 watts power) in plastic case but had a ...
