> el pollo Wrote:
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> If you take either end of an AC coil and run it to a reg/rec, the
> resulting output scopes as DC power.
>
> an ac stator coil is grounded and only has one output. this conversion
> to dc is excellent and has to do with the wire that got ungrounded not
> floated.
So in the end, your argument is just one of semantics.
I work repair high-end moving lights and LED fixtures for a living and if I spoke to the engineers at the factory(s) and used the term "floated" they would happily accept it as a colloquially correct terminology for what was being done, in this scenario.