Not so. If the ground and neutral are strapped together the GFI will
immediately trip out as the current thru the hot and neutral wires at the
GFI will be unequal. A GFI does NOT require a ground in order to work. All
it cares about is any difference in current between hot and neutral.
73
Gary K4FMX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Alex Eban
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 1:53 AM
> To: dezrat1242@yahoo.com; amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] TL922 Power Plugs
>
> The danger lies in the fact that the ground fault interrupter gets
> bypassed
> if you strap the ground and neutral wires at the appliance. The fault
> (leakage) current has to have a separate path to ground in order for it to
> work. If the appliance develops a short to the casing, and your strap is
> in
> place, the case will be hot and the GFI won't sense it. Under these
> circumstances, no matter the path the phase current and the neutral
> currents
> will remain equal, thus defeating the GFI.
> Alex 4Z5KS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Bill, W6WRT
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:04 AM
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] TL922 Power Plugs
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:49:13 -0500, "Carl" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >The danger is some big hungry rat or an evil person will remove your
> >neutral wire which will return you to the dark days of a 2 wire non
> >polarized outlets and plugs. Just think, you may only have a one wire
> >system then and will have to carefully reach around until your hand finds
> the missing path.
> >How some of us survived to talk about them confounds the rules makers.
>
> REPLY:
>
> That wasn't my question. Please forgive me if I wasn't clear enough.
>
> My question was this: I understand why it is necessary to bond ground and
> neutral together at the service box, but I don't understand why it is
> forbidden to bond them together at the appliance.
>
> There must be a scenario which causes danger but I just can't imagine what
> it is.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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