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RE: Household NEUTRAL is not really a return path
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- Subject: RE: Household NEUTRAL is not really a return path
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- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:22:34 -0600
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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley@xxxxxxxx>
>PS.: in common household AC, the neutral is not really a return path
>either, but a terminal to collect all three phases and add them
>together. By definition, being neutral, the neutral does not carry any
>current (beyond the untility pole, that is).
Uh . . . no! The neutral *IS* the only return path. All 115VAC
current flowing to your lights,
appliances, and other 115VAC devices flows in both the HOT and NEUTRAL.
Dan