Re: AC socket/wiring questions
- From: Jamie <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:52:12 -0700
John Larkin wrote:
On 17 Jul 2006 07:13:30 -0700, "firebird" <helluvanengineer@xxxxxxxxx>i don't see why CA is not to follow the NEC rules?
wrote:
3. Is it true that the third prong is grounded close to the building
and the neutral is grounded far away at the power station itself? If
so, why?
Around here (California) the ground is local, a big pipe or something
near the breaker box, and the neutral is grounded somewhere down the
block, at the distribution transformer. I once had an open neutral in
my old house, and one ac phase went up to about 140 volts while the
other dropped to about 100. The bad connection was up on a pole,
across the street and down the block a ways. Neutral and ground are
generally not connected within a residence.
John
the ground you are referring to is the electrode and thus
is used to connect your breaker box case and in that box
is the bus bar for the earth ground a long with the neutral
wire.. no where else is neutral ever to connect to an
earth ground or the ground you run out of the box with
your 3 WYE..
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