On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:02:17 +1000, Nick Bourne wrote:

>> The Tach said "Smiths" above the needle mount and "Negative Earth" below
>> it. It wasn't until a couple years later when I went to Electronics
>> school that it finally hit me it meant Negative GROUND!
>>
>> But I thought it was so cool that we named our band Negative Earth...
>>
>>
> Sorry I come from the criminal colonies were the British taught us to
> speak. I think it comes from the original DC power grid where you got one
> wire in and 6 foot steel rod driven into the earth out the back. I can't
> get my head around the whole AC wiring thing of active and neutral. If you
> touch either it give you a shock, can't see what's so neutral about it.


I was in electronics for 19 years...

I don't get it either...