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In Reply to: ? about a Cheater plug to eliminate hum---might this configuration cause "death"? posted by jjk12 on April 6, 2007 at 15:19:26:
It is certainly possible, even if remote.Electricity takes the easiest path available. From a safety standpoint, a ground wire can be thought of as a redundant system or "back-up." While overly simplistic, think of the AC coming in on the hot wire (black or red one in your wall), doing it's work inside your component, and when done, it leaves by the neutral (white) wire. If the neutral path is blocked for whatever reason (wire damaged, etc.) the ground (green or bare in home wiring) provides a second escape path.
If that path is not available and you touch the component, the AC could use your body as the path to ground, doing you damage in the process. You could get anything from a mild buzz to a fatal shock, depending on a variety of conditions.
If you've got a hum situation that is solved by using a cheater plug, then you have some legwork to find the real issue instead of using the band-aid fix.
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