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Rewiring an old projector - add an earth cable?
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My Dad bought an H and M controller
I lusted after a Duette, as a kid.
Dad left soon after with the Big C and his replacement a couple of
years later was absolutely horrified saying it highly dangerous, this
was the Dad who I mentioned in another thread kept decades old
Gelignite in an OXO tin in the shed.
It's a wonder I actually survived the pair of them.
My poor old dad hadn't a clue how to wire a plug, which was quite fun in
the days when few if any items arrived with a plug fitted. So, he
bought a car battery charger to use in the garage, which only had a
light socket, not a power socket. Bulb was standard bayonet, so he
fitted a bayonet plug, cutting off the unnecessary third wire. Plugged
in, nothing happened. Eventually tried rotating the plug which was fine
until I picked up the metal bodied charger which was, of course, live.
Another time he borrowed my screwdriver to repair a door bell
transformer. Dunno what he did, but there was a bang, all the lights
went out and the tip of my screwdriver was never the same again.
--
Graeme
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