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.<br>
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Woody<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/12/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">harrybissell</b> <<a href="mailto:harrybissell@prodigy.net">harrybissell@prodigy.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
USA uses 120VAC...<br><br>Hot will have 120V AC with respect to earth ground<br><br>Neutral should have no voltage with respect to earth ground.<br><br>They can get reversed sometimes... with disasterous results in<br>an audio system. Having one chassis at 'hot' and another at
<br>neutral can mean line voltage in an audio cable...<br><br>H^) harry<br><br>Karl Ekdahl wrote:<br><br>> I'd really like to know what the "hot"/"neutral" is all about, here in<br>> sweden we've got no such thing but i'm moving to the US in a week so
<br>> i'd better learn....<br>><br>> Karl<br>><br>> Samppa Tolvanen <<a href="mailto:samppa.tolvanen@gmail.com">samppa.tolvanen@gmail.com</a>> skrev:<br>><br>> We Finns are enjoying 230VAC with non-polarized mains
<br>> sockets.<br>><br>> Shouldn't We all agree the truth, there's NO neutral wire.<br>> Just for newbies?<br>><br>> Grant said:<br>> "It is a good idea to verify that your electronic music
<br>> studio wall<br>> sockets are wired correctly.<br>> I have seen strange things happen when neutral and hot are<br>> reversed.<br>> Even on transformer isolated equipment."
<br>><br>> This sounds like badly designed equipment.<br>><br>> Samppa<br>><br>><br><br></blockquote></div><br>