On Sep 4, 1:41*pm, Smitty Two wrote:
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*metspitzer wrote:
On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:38:25 -0700, Smitty Two
wrote:

I suspect you guys who think grounding is god's gift to mankind of being
trolls. Perhaps I missed the answer to my earlier query about what
exactly y'all think it is that makes an ungrounded computer "dangerous.."

An ungrounded computer would be dangerous for the same reason an
ungrounded stove would be.

If there is a hot to case short, the computer would have 120V on the
case.

This could electrocute you, and you would be dead, forever. *

OK, I'll humor you. Please open up your computer, and take a picture of
the 120VAC wire that could come loose and short to the case. That's
assuming the case is metal, of course, which it most likely is not.- Hide quoted text -

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That's assuming the case is metal, of course, which it most likely
is not

I may not be using the same brand of computer as you, but every
computer I've ever used or owned all have AC wires inside the power
supply which has a metal case which is screwed to a metal chassis
which is wrapped in a metal skin.

Could you be referring to the keyboard for your Web TV machine? I'm
pretty sure that's plastic.