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Article #17656Re: Neutral-Ground Shorts
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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1987 08:38
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1987 08:38
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In article <583@inuxh.UUCP> rmrin@inuxh.UUCP (D Rickert) writes: > >Neutral and ground should be tied together. Look out for the outlets >in which it isn't. Neutral and ground should NEVER be tied together. Ask yourself what is the point of having seperate lines if you are going to join them together. The reasons for keeping them separate are to do with the safety of the earth protection in the event of a Neutral fault. The short is liable to cause problems since there will be earth currents as the result, since Neutral is (almost)never at zero potential. Disclaimer- My experience relates to UK practice but I cannot imagine any reason why the US should be different. However if you dont know this problem in detail then I suggest you should seek expert advice before altering anything. Martin Loach UK JANET: mjl@uk.ac.rl.pyr-a ECF User Support, Informatics Division Amateur Radio: G8UDJ Rutherford Appleton Labs Chilton Didcot Oxon Why am I here? OX11 0QX I should have stuck to being a lumberjack.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!ukc!warwick!rlvd!news From: news@rlvd.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Neutral-Ground Shorts Message-ID: <467@rlvd.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jun-87 04:38:58 EDT Article-I.D.: rlvd.467 Posted: Fri Jun 12 04:38:58 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jun-87 01:04:29 EDT References: <820@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU> <583@inuxh.UUCP> Reply-To: mjl@pyr-a.UUCP (Martin Loach) Organization: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom Lines: 27