author=TinselKoala link=topic=3628.msg69216#msg69216 date=1534342162] Make the connection "real" with a wire and now you're not floating any more. My point is--that connection cant be made,as no matter from where i connect the circuit to ground,the current draw from the circuit go's sky high-even from the negative of the battery to ground. The device is near 1 meter off the ground on a timber dry timber bench,and built on another dry bit of MDF,so capacitive coupling to the ground is unlikely,as i can only just get a neon to light no more than 100mm away from it,as it is very low powered. Now,if we look at say a 3kVA gasoline generator,they are also a floating unit. But in this case,you can connect either the neutral or active to ground,and no load is placed on the generator,because both are floating as far as earth ground is concerned. Sort of like a forum... If a forum has an invitation-only membership policy and has secret hidden threads that aren't even available to the whole member list, much less to the public... should we really claim it's an open source forum any more? It's more a case of removing the unwanted,unrelated comments and arguments we see on open thread's,where the inventor would just like to concentrate on the DUT,and have a handful of those willing to help involved. Once everything is in order,then it is bought to the open source venue. Things happen so much faster in controlled environments,without the unwanted distractions. Brad
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