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Old 14th Nov 2017, 11:42 pm   #70
duncanlowe
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Default Re: Thought this might amuse you...

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Originally Posted by Heatercathodeshort View Post
The customer had wired the plug live to live, neutral to the earth pin. My isolated bench supply revealed the mistake. This was surprisingly common.
Yes, I found that once when my brother had an odd issue with his stereo (well turntable with integrated amp). Back in the eighties so no such thing as an RCD. It came to light when he was finding that sometimes he would hear radio Moscow over the headphones when it wasn't playing. Previously he had all managed to cross L/N on another device. Glad he never crossed L/E. BTW he is now an Openreach Engineer trainer.
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