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Ivan Vegvary wrote:


Thank you everybody.
Great help! Will always use the isolation xformer



** Who here said to do that ???

Good safety practice is to use an isolation ONLY when you need to - as with old live chassis radios or off-line SMPUs.

Never disconnect your scope from safety earth and if equipment on test has the safety ground connected to the chassis - leave it that way.



..... Phil