On 2/8/2011 8:17 PM, ABLE1 wrote:
"Martin wrote in message
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"Jim wrote
in message ...
Two lines coming in...

How much risk is it to assume that both "Tips" are essentially earth
ground potential?

...Jim Thompson
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Neither Tip or Ring are grounded. It's a balanced Line.
Grounding either one will give you hum and allsorts of headaches.
But that may be what you want


Cheers

This is a test, Only a test.

Why is Tip called Tip and why is Ring called Ring??

First correct answer wins bragging rights.

There is really not much to brag about. The answer was already
given in the Wikipedia article that Oppie posted on 2/8/2011 12:46 PM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_and_ring


Dan