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Neutral is neither Hot nor ground. Neutral is the return wire for electrical service. It is a requirement , by law, that the Neutral Wire Feed into an electrical service box (main panel) be BONDED to the box and the Earth ground. Thie
effectively makes the neutral in circuits out of the service panel equal to ground. But as it enters the service panel from the utility and meter pan, it is not ground.
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The only time that the neutral can have voltage on it is if it gets disconnected from the distribution point. Then the voltage that is supplied to the load will continue through the load and stop at the disconnection point. If you touch the uninsulated part of the neutral wire and touch any grounded equipment at the same time your body will act as a conductor for the load circuit. You will receive a nasty shock. This scenario is the only time that the neutral is "hot".
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What to do with the white wire in track light with black green and white wires if the house does not have a white one?
The white is neutral. The house does have a neutral wire even though it may be black. One of those black wires is the neutral and the other is the hot wire. You will have to determine which is hot and which is neutral. You can easily do this with a voltage tester. The wire that lights the tester is the hot. When you wire the light simply wire the hot to hot, and the white and green to the other wire.
Which is the Hot wire and which is the Neutral wire if the wires you see are a Brown a Blue and a Yellow Green wire?
Brown = Hot Blue = Neutral Yellow/Green = Ground
Which is the Hot wire and which is the Neutral wire if the wires you see are a Black a Red and a Yellow wire?
Black red and yellow is three-phase. there is no neutral.
Why does ac power have a hot wire and neutral wire?
so you don't get shocked
Is the striped or the solid wire hot?
White is typically neutral and black is hot. If you are talking about the bare wire, that is ground.
Is the ridged wire neutral or hot?
If wired properly the ridged wire is the neutral.
What to do with the white wire in track light with black green and white wires if the house does not have a white one?
The white is neutral. The house does have a neutral wire even though it may be black. One of those black wires is the neutral and the other is the hot wire. You will have to determine which is hot and which is neutral. You can easily do this with a voltage tester. The wire that lights the tester is the hot. When you wire the light simply wire the hot to hot, and the white and green to the other wire.
Which is the Hot wire and which is the Neutral wire if the wires you see are a Brown a Blue and a Yellow Green wire?
Brown = Hot Blue = Neutral Yellow/Green = Ground
What happens if neutral and hot touch each other?
If a "hot" wire contacts the "neutral" or ground wire, electrical current flows to the ground.
A light switch has three wire colors red and white and green which is the hot wire and which is the neutral?
Red is hot Green is ground White is neutral
What does an open neutral mean?
Typical home wiring will have one hot wire, one neutral wire, and one ground wire per circuit. An open neutral would indicate that the neutral wire, usually white wire, is broken.
Which is the Hot wire and which is the Neutral wire if the wires you see are a Black a Red and a Yellow wire?
Black red and yellow is three-phase. there is no neutral.
Why does ac power have a hot wire and neutral wire?
so you don't get shocked
Is the striped or the solid wire hot?
White is typically neutral and black is hot. If you are talking about the bare wire, that is ground.
How can you connect a system working with 60Hz 1 Hot wire 1 neutral wire and a ground wire to my utility system that works with 60Hz two hot wires and a neutral wire?
Your 2-wire system is actually connected to one "side" of the 3-wire system. In your utility's 3-wire system you have 2 hot wires that are attached to each end of a tranformer winding and the neutral is attached in the middle and grounded. Typically in the US this gives you 240v (or something similar) between hot leads and 120v from each hot lead to neutral or ground.
Why are the live wire and neutral wire never joined together?
An electrical circuit forms a loop. The "live" or hot wire supplies the voltage, which is returned on the neutral. If the hot wire and neutral wire were connected together without a load between them, the circuit would be short out and trip the circuit's protection device.
What is the difference between a neutral wire and a hot wire?
In alternating-current systems, we don't have a 'positive' and a neutral conductor, but a 'line' and a neutral conductor.The neutral conductor is connected to the earth and, so, has a potential of approximately zero volts.The line conductor, on the other hand has a potential of approximately 230 V (in Europe) or 120 V (in North America) with respect to the neutral conductor. For this reason, line conductors are frequently referred to as being the 'hot' conductor.
