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There's no reason that the circuit must be configured that way. There are many

circuits, devices, and applications in which the positive side is earthed.

For example ... and for some reason that I still don't know after a lifetime in the

telecommunications industry ... most telephone systems are powered with negative

DC power plants, that is, with huge DC power plants and battery banks whose

positive sides are earthed.

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