[sdiy] Neutral ground [was: midi optocouplers]

[Woody Wall]

So does this mean that neutral and earth ground are the same? Or am I
missing something? It's been a long time since I studied this in school.

Woody

On 12/12/05, harrybissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net> wrote:
>
> USA uses 120VAC...
>
> Hot will have 120V AC with respect to earth ground
>
> Neutral should have no voltage with respect to earth ground.
>
> They can get reversed sometimes... with disasterous results in
> an audio system.  Having one chassis at 'hot' and another at
> neutral can mean line voltage in an audio cable...
>
> H^) harry
>
> Karl Ekdahl wrote:
>
> > I'd really like to know what the "hot"/"neutral" is all about, here in
> > sweden we've got no such thing but i'm moving to the US in a week so
> > i'd better learn....
> >
> > Karl
> >
> > Samppa Tolvanen <samppa.tolvanen at gmail.com> skrev:
> >
> >       We Finns are enjoying 230VAC with non-polarized mains
> >      sockets.
> >
> >      Shouldn't We all agree the truth, there's NO neutral wire.
> >      Just for newbies?
> >
> >      Grant said:
> >      "It is a good idea to verify that your electronic music
> >      studio wall
> >      sockets are wired correctly.
> >      I have seen strange things happen when neutral and hot are
> >      reversed.
> >      Even on transformer isolated equipment."
> >
> >      This sounds like badly designed equipment.
> >
> >      Samppa
> >
> >
>
>
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