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On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 16:50:03 -0600, Luke wrote:

Our TV reception, from a roof antenna, was intermittently flaky.
Trying to find the problem, I got a shock when I touched both the TV
F-connector and coax cable antenna lead. So I put a tester on and to
my surprise got a 75 volt reading.

DVD player around to plug it into all circuits. I also get ~30 volts
off the housing of an old stand mixer in the kitchen.

This isn't normal, is it?

NO. It's dangerous. It's gonna kill someone.

Ignore the illiterate hacks Matt and Turtle aka Weasel, and
get a licensed electrician in there NOW to find out what's going on,
before it kills you. You have neither the tools nor the training to
continue.

You either have a lifted neutral, or ground, and either one
can kill you, or burn your house down.

BTW - I'm a licensed Master Electrician, unlike the plumber
and the hack mentioned above.


That is the problem, you are an electrician and not into the electronics.
Many devices will have some leakage to them . A digital voltmeter will show
high voltages but do not take into account the current. To see if the
device is really leaking enough current to be a hazzard to the user you need
to use a special meter or load the meter you have with a resistor of a known
value.

Some times the capacitors and surge supressors will become damaged due to
old age or voltage surges. This can then become a big issue.