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MrBungle · 16th Nov 2018, 9:01 am

When I fixed an RF-1U for someone I soldered the centre (chassis) contact on the tag strip to the mains earth. Worked fine. The chassis is floating on these so all you’re doing is ground referencing it. I made sure I made the Earth wire about 4 inches longer than the other two so it was the last to break off.

I was almost tempted to stick an IEC socket on it as there was enough room once the selenium rectifier was evicted but the owner didn’t like that idea.

16th Nov 2018, 9:01 am	#6
MrBungle Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: London, UK. Posts: 3,687	Re: Heathkit IG-102 Earthing The Chassis When I fixed an RF-1U for someone I soldered the centre (chassis) contact on the tag strip to the mains earth. Worked fine. The chassis is floating on these so all you’re doing is ground referencing it. I made sure I made the Earth wire about 4 inches longer than the other two so it was the last to break off. I was almost tempted to stick an IEC socket on it as there was enough room once the selenium rectifier was evicted but the owner didn’t like that idea.