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Possible downstream dangers of common 5Vdc power supplies
Let's say you have a 5Vdc/2A power supply that is hooked to some kind of power transformer or DC/AC converter that generates 120V+. The example I am thinking of is a nixie clock device that is powered ...
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Why not keep distribution transformers secondaries floating? Why do we need to earth them?
We use isolation transformers for many reasons, one of them is may be safety. So why not just keep the distribution transformers floating? If they're floating, then someone touches the live wire, I ...
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