Bill and Mike:
Bill - the fact that it hasn't a grounded plug is probably because the unit
is double-insulated (as Bill Lee pointed out).
Mike: I am also getting double copies of Bill's posting. Are you getting
double copies of mine???
Dean
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Schramm [mailto:wschr...@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 5:49 PM
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Cc: woodw...@educelec.com
Subject: Re: CS>WARNING: Shock Hazard, Sears Distiller
You are correct, Dean. I first looked askance at the "turn the plug
around" idea because virtually all modern 2 wire power cords are polarised.
However the one on the Sears distiller is NOT polarised. It can be easily
inverted. One direction I read 0.7 VAC in the other direction I read 24 VAC.
Guess you need to plug it in the right way and leave it there.
Incidentally, any of you who have the "EcoWater" portable distiller, it
is the same product. If you look closely on the Sears package or on labels
it will say Manufacturer EcoWater. It surprises me that a product that
pulls 5A can ship with a nonpolarised 2 wire plug AND still get the UL
sticker (which it has).
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> From: Dean Woodward <woodw...@educelec.com>
> To: l...@fbtc.net; Bill Schramm <wschr...@ix.netcom.com>
> Cc: silver-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: RE: CS>WARNING: Shock Hazard, Sears Distiller
> Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 8:34 AM
>
> Bill: I have done a few more measurements on my Sears distiller. The
> resistance from both sides of the plug to the metal cannister is
greater
> than 30 megohms (as high as my unit measures). With the unit plugged
in (not
> in water, give me a break :>)) I read 50 volts ac between the
cannister and
> ground (same readings with sink as ground and with ground wire in ac
plug as
> ground). If I turn the ac plug around I only read 5 volts ac to
ground. I
> just checked the wall socket and have 120 volts ac from one connector
to
> ground and about 7 millivolts from the other side to ground. So I
think that
> is normal. I don't have any idea where I am getting the 50 volts. If
the
> heating element is grounded at 50/120 of the way from one end, then
turning
> the plug around should make the reading 70 volts. But it doesn't. They
> didn't teach me this at A&M in EE 101.
>
> Dean
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tai-Pan [mailto:l...@fbtc.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 8:49 AM
> > To: Bill Schramm
> > Cc: silver-list@eskimo.com
> > Subject: Re: CS>WARNING: Shock Hazard, Sears Distiller
> >
> >
> > Bill Schramm wrote:
> > >
> > > I also received an unpleasant shock from my sears distiller. It
> > > happened when the unit was being cleaned in a metal sink. Unit
does
> > > contain a "do not immerse" warning. Thereafter I never clean it
> > > without unplugging
> > >
> > > ----------
> >
> > Holy Smoke Folks,
> >
> > Putting electric things in water,with power on!!
> > Throwing gasoline on fires!!
> > I don`t do funerals very well, and I like you all alot, so knock
off
> > the dumb stuff. Scareing the hell out of me. :-)
> > Engage brain before starting hands.
> > Think about what you are doing, then think again.
> > Most things require ten minutes of thinking and only one minute of
> > doing.
> > Hind sight is not good, you will be dead before you get to do it.
> > Safety starts at home, not somewhere else.
> > Your brain is your best safety tool. Use it.
> >
> > Bless you Bob Lee
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> >
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