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Old 14th Sep 2010, 3:07 pm   #26
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Default Re: Gutter aerial

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Originally Posted by merlinmaxwell View Post
If there is a neutral fault further back down the line there can be a large voltage between house earth and radio earth.
There would also be the same voltage between mains earth and the ground, so the radio earth isn't really substantially increasing the danger.
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