On 7/29/2019 1:10 PM, trader_4 wrote:
On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 12:31:25 PM UTC-4, dpb wrote:
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But, the conversation had morphed to a digression and remberances of
what used to be, no longer really related to the initial question.

Not exactly. Micky told the OP that the washer under discussion needed
a ground wire from the frame to a cold water pipe. And if they had
followed that or someone else had decided it was a good idea, like
Fretwell pointed out, the fault in the washer, assuming there is one,
could have energized not only the washer case but parts of the water
system, eg that bath faucets. No one knows what sections have plastic
and if you have someone doing it that doesn't understand what they are
doing, it could make it worse.

Well, that _started_ the digression, yes...but at least one other had
already commented about the "used to be" essentially independent when I
added the above...

It's immaterial pretty-much in the scheme of the world's affairs...

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