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An open circuit results when a hot wire touches ground?
A short circuit is the term for hot touching ground. This can cause a breaker to trip which will then open the circuit.
Why can a ground wire be bare?
So that you will know it is the earth ground wire and not the neutral wire or the hot wire. The neutral white wire is not necessarily connected to the same place as the earth ground wire. It is also bare because it does not matter if it touches a metal exterior since it is supposed to be connected to that anyway for safety. Both the neutral white wire and the hot black wire are insulated so they will not normally short to the bare ground wire.
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 ground wire safe to be the hotwire?
No. A ground wire is a non-current carrying conductor and cannot be used for hot or neutral.
Can a insulated ground wire be used in lieu of a tinned bare ground wire?
Yes, as long as it is the same size wire or larger as the hot and neutral wires.
An open circuit results when a hot wire touches ground?
A short circuit is the term for hot touching ground. This can cause a breaker to trip which will then open the circuit.
Where is the ground wire on the alternator in a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am?
There is no ground wire.... it grounds through where it touches the engine
What happens when a hot wire touches a ground of a vehicle body what does it do?
It will produce a dead short and blow a fuse if the circuit is fuse protected, if not it will burn the wire up until the wire(s) burns in half.
What wire is the hot wire and ground wire in a 1990 cutlass supreme?
the hot wire goes to the starter and the ground wire bolts to the engine block.
Why Is the ground wire hot?
No it is not.
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.
What would make your Eng Cont IG fuse to blow out repeatedly?
For any fuse to blow out you have a short somewhere. A short is when a hot wire touches the body or some other ground.
Why can a ground wire be bare?
So that you will know it is the earth ground wire and not the neutral wire or the hot wire. The neutral white wire is not necessarily connected to the same place as the earth ground wire. It is also bare because it does not matter if it touches a metal exterior since it is supposed to be connected to that anyway for safety. Both the neutral white wire and the hot black wire are insulated so they will not normally short to the bare ground wire.
Is a copper wire a ground wire?
Yes, if it is not an insulated wire. If it is bare copper it is always ground. But the hot and neutral wire are also copper, they are just insulated.
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.
Why is the ground wire hot at all outlet boxes on a particular circuit?
Most likely the ground (green) wire is mistakenly connected to hot instead of the hot wire (black) at the breaker panel! Possibly you meant the neutral wire not the ground wire, in that case most likely the neutral (white) wire is mistakenly connected to hot instead of the hot wire (black) at the breaker panel! In either case check all three wires in the breaker panel for that circuit to make sure they are all correctly connected! Black is hot, White is neutral, Green (or uninsulated in some cases) is ground.
Is the ground wire safe to be the hotwire?
No. A ground wire is a non-current carrying conductor and cannot be used for hot or neutral.
