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Grounding Connectors for Electric Motors
By Barry Dennis

[ Mark Kinsler wrote in 040131 MMDigest:

> But the wood of a piano is probably not an approved insulating
> material, so the court could rule that the fatal piano could not
> be considered a double-insulated appliance, so the three-prong
> plug would have had to have been used.

And, with the Duo-Art "push-pull switch", if you were going to ground
the piano, I guess you would have to somehow attach a ground wire to
that switch.  Unfortunately,  so far as I know, modern replacements
are not manufactured,  and I don't know how you would attach a ground
to that switch.

Barry Dennis


(Message sent Sun 1 Feb 2004, 10:37:11 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject:  Connectors, Electric, Grounding, Motors

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