[R-390] Finally!!! NOT!

Joe Foley [email protected]
Tue, 31 Dec 2002 19:40:17 -0800 (PST)


> >Neutral is WHITE and goes to one of the power
> >terminals, NOT the one that goes to the fuse or the
> >switch!
> 
> 
> Taught to me by an electrician years ago: 'White
> won't bite'.  Neutral,
> being (theoretically) at ground potential, won't
> shock.  Neutral is
> always white, 'hot' is black.
+++++++
Aw, geez!

You CAN get a nasty shock from the neutral IF, I said
"IF", the neutral is broken and YOU are between the
LOAD and the PANEL!!

If you lose your neutral on your house service you
will get 240 acrossed ALL of your 120 volt circuits. 
The appliances will form voltage dividers with the 240
volts divided according to the appliances' impedance. 
How this usually happens is that the covering on the
service entrance cable going down the side of the
house deteriorates then the aluminum wires wrapped
around the two hot wires corrode to powder,........
later when the fire trucks leave a smoldering
hole,.....Oh, well,....... you get the picture.

Checked YOUR neutral lately?  Do you know what to look
for?

Have a Happy and SAFE New Year!

Joe




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