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AC/DC receiver and floating ground

Posted by Lewis L on 02/06/2010 21:52

:Floating ground is what's also known as the B- buss line.
:It is not the chassis ground.
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:IPAddress: ***.81.29.81

To keep things a little safer, instead of connecting one side of the power line directly to the chassis of the radio, they connect it to a "floating ground" that is seperated from "chassis ground" by a resistor and a capacitor, to make the radio a litle bit safer, with minimum loss of performance.

Lewis

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AC/DC receiver and floating ground 
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