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"you could, in theory, invert the ground and neutral wires in the plug of an electrical appliance and there would be no change in the behaviour or safety of the
by lightedman 10y ago
"you could, in theory, invert the ground and neutral wires in the plug of an electrical appliance and there would be no change in the behaviour or safety of the appliance?"
Generally, no. I've seen backwards wiring jobs cause 48-80VAC to run through the casing of microwaves (they usually use the casing as a floating ground.) Any wiring inversion will usually cause some issue somewhere.
- Spare_account 10y agoThis is fascinating, I'm reading lots of resources attempting to understand how this works. Thanks for your responses, I appreciate you taking the time to do that.
- Freestyler_3 10y agoMaybe this helps http://ecmweb.com/code-basics/grounding-and-bonding-part-2-3 http://ecmweb.com/code-basics/grounding-and-bonding-part-2-3