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Article #9489Re: ANOTHER house wiring question (this one's basic)
From: Michael Bender
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 1991 21:38
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 1991 21:38
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In article <1948@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> robf@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu (Rob Fugina) writes: ->Ground and neutral are exactly the same thing. If you were to trace the ->wires back to your breaker box, you would find bare wires (ground) and ->white wires (neutral) both connected to a grounding strip. ^^^^^^^^^^^ anyone know why they choose BLACK for the hot wire and WHITE for neutral? I always associated black wires with ground. mike -- Won't look like rain, Won't look like snow, | DOD #000007 Won't look like fog, That's all we know! | AMA #511250 We just can't tell you anymore, We've never made oobleck before! | MSC #298726
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