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Is it OK illegal or dangerous to connect the neutral to ground to make the circuit work?
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∙ 14y ago
If you have to connect the neutral to ground to make the circuit work then you have an open neutral in your circuit. Be careful in handling the neutral as there can be voltage potential on the neutral if a load is connected. In a properly wired home that has been inspected by the local electrical inspector the neutral should be bonded to the ground at the main service distribution point. There will be a green screw that projects through the neutral bus and is threaded into the back of the electrical panel. This should be the one and only place in the whole electrical system where this neutral to ground connection takes place. Dangerous!!!!! The ground is the safety to prevent you from getting shocked due to a malfunctioning piece of equipment. By using the ground for a neutral you will be energizing the entire ground system of you house or business. Thus anything with metal on it and a ground wire going to it will be electrified if the ground fails at the breaker box or building ground rod. Do you want to take this risk? Not I..........
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What is a neutral used for in a socket circuit?
The Neutral is used to bring power back to the source to complete circuit
How do you put on a four prong outlet on a roper electric dryer?
Black & Red are hot, and White is neutral. If it has no place to connect neutral connect neutral to ground.
Can you connect the ground and neutral coming out of a cooktop to the ground of a nm8 2 wire?
Yes, you may connect the ground and neutral together as long as this is a replacement in an exsisting dwelling,for new construction you must have a four wire circuit with separate neutral and grounding conductor.It was never the intention of the code to make home owners replace exsisting three wire circuits with four wire when replacing equipment. .
What happen if fuse is connected to neutral wire?
The fuse will be blown off in case of any fault. But the circuit will not be isolated because of the presence of fuse in nutral line. current will still flow and the line will be so dangerous.
Why neutral wire does not carry current in closed ac circuit?
The neutral wire does carry current in a closed AC circuit. Clamp a clamp on amp meter around the neutral wire directly after the circuit load and it will read the same current as is on the "hot" wire.
What happen when neutral connect to live?
short circuit
Where do you connect the white wire from the shunt breaker?
Connect to the circuit neutral wire which should also be white.
How connect the ELCB circuit?
we use to connect elcb using hands. with help of skrewdriver
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A phase leg connects to the neutral through the connected load.
When can charging by contact be dangerous?
Charging by conduction involves touching a negatively charged object to a neutral object. It can be dangerous when using a part of the human body as the circuit .
What would you read if you connect two phases of a wye electrical connection together between phase and neutral?
I think you probably mean 'lines', rather than 'phases' but, even so, your question is still confusing. However, if you connect any two lines together directly, you will create a line-to-line short circuit fault; if you connect any line and neutral together directly, you will create a line-to-neutral short circuit fault.
What is multiwire branch circuit?
A multiwire branch circuit is consist`of two or more ungrouded conductors that has voltage between them and has a grounded conductor that is eoual voltage between each conductor connect to the neutral and it,s ground
What is a neutral used for in a socket circuit?
The Neutral is used to bring power back to the source to complete circuit
How many neutral wires are needed for lighting and outlets?
If they are on the same circuit you only need 1 neutral wire in the circuit.
How do you put on a four prong outlet on a roper electric dryer?
Black & Red are hot, and White is neutral. If it has no place to connect neutral connect neutral to ground.
Why should you not connect any electrical switch to the neutral instead of the phase?
IF Neutral is connected to the Switch then Live still exists on the socket even if the Switch is OFF.In such a situation a person can get a shock as Live can form a circuit thru the body to Ground.
What is the procedure to connect two circuits without losing the output voltage of first circuit which is transfered to the second circuit?
I assume you are talking about 120volt electrical circuits ???? If so, just wire them in parallel. In other words, connect the black wire to line side on each circuit and the white wire to neutral on each circuit. The bare ground wire goes to ground (green) At each circuit will be 120 volts AC. Do not exceed the maximum current of the circuit breaker supplying the current (typically 15 - 20 amps)
