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Could a neutral wire be powered?
There should be zero voltage between neutral and ground.
What is the reasonable voltage between Neutral?
Between Neutral and Ground should be zero volts. Between Neutral and Hot should be 110 to 120 V in the USA, within the European Union it should be 230 V ± 6%.
Why neutral ground voltage is 120v sometime 0v?
There should be no voltage on the neutral wire to ground. This is a serious situation. Call a qualified electrician to check this out.
What is the significance of the neutral to ground voltage in electrical systems?
The neutral to ground voltage in electrical systems is important because it helps to ensure the safety of the system. When the neutral to ground voltage is at the correct level, it means that there is a proper connection between the neutral and ground wires, which helps to prevent electrical shocks and fires. Monitoring and maintaining the neutral to ground voltage is crucial for the overall safety and functionality of an electrical system.
How do you determine hot to neutral?
How do you determine what? If you are asking how do you measure the voltage between Hot and Neutral, I suggest a voltmeter. If you are asking how do you differentiate between Hot and Neutral in home wiring, the Hot is Black and Neutral is White.
Why is it that when you touch the neutral in a box that is not connect to the panel cause the test light to come when touching the power wire?
It shouldn't. The open end of a non connected neutral should have the same potential as the voltage feeding the circuit. The only time a voltage will show is when the return neutral is tested with a meter to the neutral bar or the ground return bar. It will then show what the supply voltage to the connected load is. Once this neutral is connected to the neutral bar there will be no voltage shown across the test meter between the neutral and the neutral bar or the ground bar.
On a standard three prong AC outlet what should the AC voltage measure between neutral and ground?
Zero, or very close to it. If there is a large neutral current flowing, voltage drop on the neutral leg could cause a volt or so to read between the two. If you read full line voltage, the outlet is wired wrong!
Should there be power from common to ground in wall socket?
120 volt wall outlets. Their could me a small voltage between neutral and ground,up to around 1.5 volts. What you are measuring is the voltage drop on the system at that point in the system. You see the neutral and the ground are at the same level some where up stream (service panel). The neutral is under the same load as the phase conductor, and the neutral will drop voltage same as the phase. This is in fact the way I measure voltage drop, (neutral to ground.) However don't get fooled by high imped. meter, They have a way of ghosting a voltage. Or floating high, You get a reading but the voltage is really not their.
What is the reading ground to neutral?
Ideally ground and neutral should be at the same potential, but as there is current in the neutral wire and no current (normally) in the ground wire there can be a difference. I have personally measured over 25 VAC on the neutral relative to ground in some systems.
Why Hot and neutral are both hot?
You'll have to explain your problem better.If HOT black and Neutral White in your house wiring are both hot then Neutral is NOT bounded to ground in main panel and neutral could be floating. There should be no voltage between Neutral and Ground (Bare wire in panel). By code if there are multiple panels Ground is only bonded to Neutral in th emain entry panel. I have seen cases where this bonding was not done. At your main panel check voltage between neutral and ground. It should be zero.
How does an electric utility ground electricity delivered to your home?
Electricity is delivered to homes through transformers. The center of the transformer output winding is connected to ground. This center tap is then connected to the home power panel as the neutral lead. The voltage between the grounded neutral and either of the "hot" legs is half the voltage between the legs. In the US and Canada, the full voltage between the legs is 240V and between either leg and neutral is 120V.
Why we don't get shock if we touch neutral wire..we need two wires to close circuit pH and n when circuit closes current will flow around the circuit and one wire gets shocked other not why?
We don't get shocked when we touch neutral and ground because neutral is grounded back at the distribution panel, so the effective voltage between neutral and ground is very low. It won't be zero, because there is current flowing on neutral, causing a voltage difference between the load and the distribution panel, but it is low enough, assuming there is no malfunction, to not cause a shock.In the case of touching hot and neutral, or hot and ground, you will get shocked because there is line voltage between hot and neutral, and because neutral and ground are connected together, there is also line voltage between hot and ground.Note, however, that connecting a load between hot and ground is a violation of the code and the intent of the design, because ground is not rated to carry current except in short term fault conditions - you must always connect a load between hot and neutral, or between hot and hot, as the case may be.
