SV: Re: SV: Re: [sdiy] midi optocouplers

[Karl Ekdahl]

I'd really like to know what the "hot"/"neutral"  is all about, here in sweden we've got no such thing but i'm moving to  the US in a week so i'd better learn....
  
  Karl

Samppa Tolvanen <samppa.tolvanen at gmail.com> skrev:  We Finns are enjoying 230VAC with non-polarized mains sockets.

Shouldn't We all agree the truth, there's NO neutral wire. Just for newbies?

Grant said:
"It is a good idea to verify that your electronic music studio wall
sockets are wired correctly.
I have seen strange things happen when neutral and hot are reversed.
Even on transformer isolated equipment."

This sounds like badly designed equipment.

Samppa



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