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Article #275Re: Two phases to house - loss of neutral
From: terryc
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:25
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:25
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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:10:26 +1100, Sylvia Else wrote: > the net result would be a > large overvoltage on one set of appliances. It would be across both sets, but...... > > My electrician says it's not an issue, but I can't see why. The neutral is actually grounded to the earth for such a case; hence MEN (Multiple Earth Neutral), so the neutral would actually travel through the ground to your neighbours earth stake and back into the neutral phase there. If the USA Godzilla remake is to be believed, all your earth worms will come to the surface as an indicator, (or is that only for correct DC connections?). If you are worried about such an event happening, dump a bucket of wter on your earth stake quarterly and encourage your neighbours to do the same.
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