Anyone with Roger's Lite accounts?

[James Knott]

Peter wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, James Knott wrote:
> 
>> Peter wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know why but my notebook will pop them.  Very annoying.  I
>>>
>>> Does it have 3 prongs or 2 ? If it has 3 it may help to change to a
>>> power cord which has a longer ground prong.
>>
>> ???
>>
>> I've never heard of a ground prong being too short.  They're designed so
>> that the ground connection is made, before the power connects.
> 
> Depends in which country. Think about it, the input filter network with
> a ground prog will have caps which will charge abruptly when connecting.
> If the ground prong enters first, the next pin to touch produces
> unbalanced current in the circuit to charge the caps on its side. This
> may trip a GFI. I don't think that a longer ground prong would help (a
> shorter one might but it may be dangerous).

????

Most of the capacitors, would be in the power circuit, that is between
the hot and neutral wires.  They are both the same length.  Again the
ground is longer for safety reasons.  As for the capacitors, almost any
electronic and many electrical devices have them.
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