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Originally Posted by mhennessy
They [isolaton transformers] are a means of connecting earthed test equipment to a DUT. That is all.
I have never considered them to be devices that reduce the chance of receiving a shock, and I would strongly urge anyone who thinks that way to reconsider. I accept that might mean having to change a view that's been held for many decades. There is much misunderstanding and misinformation out there.
There's a very real risk that people labour under a false sense of security when using an isolation transformer, thus making it intrinsically less safe than not having one.
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Quite possibly the most salient and important statements of the thread so far.
Alan