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RE: Household NEUTRAL is not really a return path



Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

Maybe he's talking about thee phase?

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H"
> <daniel.h.mccauley@xxxxxxxx>
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> >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
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