In message <8cd5e0cbb14a33c-c3c-...@webmail-m092.sysops.aol.com>, dated 
Mon, 29 Nov 2010, Derek Walton <lfresea...@aol.com> writes:

>Agreed John, it CAN... but not under normal conditions. Quite honestly, 
>under fault conditions if that situation arises I'd be looking for 
>other more serious problems if the shield carried that much current.

It DOES happen in Europe under normal conditions. I have measured 9 V 50 
Hz between two 'earths' (British English since this is about Europe!). 
Connect a 1 ohm screen between them and you get....

This was in an old building, but everything appeared to be working 
until...
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