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In Reply to: The Royal Scam - A Tale of Two Cables posted by garth on August 27, 2001 at 09:19:31:
Would someone with an original intact Electraglide powercord please take an ohmmeter and measure the resistance between the ground on the plug and the IEC connector? And please report back the results to the board?
TIA
Follow Ups:
I measured the Fatman before removing the NEMA plug. The owner said it had "huge" conductors (the painted PVC tubing) so I was naturally curious.This is a 6 foot, 1.8M cord and measured with the connectors intact 0.39-0.42 ohms. Another powercord which the manufacturer claims to be 12awg measures terminated 0.19 ohms however it is 1.5M long.
prior to your replacement of the plug? What was it?
I realize, you stated there was no connection, but it would be 'comforting' to have verification.
The ground connection between the plugs was (is) N/C. There was absolutely NOTHING connected to either ground prong on either connector.There is NO ground wire or shield. Just the two copper strips stuffed into the PVC tubes.
The copper strips are 0.1mm thick and 30mm wide. That's a cross section of 3mm2 which according to my wire conversion table is half way between 12 and 13awg so call it "12.5awg". This in turn was cut down to a "tongue" 4mm wide to attach to the connectors. That's .4mm2 or 21awg (I initially guessed 18awg).
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