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Oscilloscope comes with no ground power cable?
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xinsnake:
Hi everyone, I am a new forum member here, and I am fairly new to electronics ;)

I bought a Hantek DSO4104B from AliExpress and the scope is great with everything working as expected.

The question I have is that the scope comes with a power cable with no ground (i.e. only 2 pins on the plug for 240v AC). Is this normal and should I use a power cord with proper 3 pins? My understanding is that having only 2 pins on the power plug makes the scope floating which can be a safety risk, after watching Dave's video about how not to destroy your scope...  ;D

Thanks!!
Roeland_R:
When your wall outlet has ground springs your scope is grounded using the showed connector.
rstofer:
It looks like the ground pin is removable.  I may not be seeing it right (old age) but it looks like there is a ground pin in the package.
wraper:
This plug has earth connection, actually 2 of those. You on the other side of the earth just don't understand it.
Benta:

--- Quote from: wraper on May 28, 2019, 09:30:55 pm ---This plug has earth connection, actually 2 of those. You on the other side of the earth just don't understand it.

--- End quote ---

Yep. This type of plug is standard for 230 V equipment almost all over the world, aka "Schuko".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko

It has earth, both on the side clips as well as in the "hole".


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