You seem to be saying two different things here?
The neutral wire IS to be grounded to earth along with the safety ground
at the service panel. Both are tied together and connected to earth
ground at the main service panel. The power company also grounds the
neutral connection at the transformer to earth ground.
The neutral should never be grounded anywhere else.
73
Gary K4FMX
HFDXJUNKIE@aol.com wrote:
> The groundING of the service goes to ground ONLY. The groundED neutral wire
> terminates at the transformer. In the transformer, the third (neutral wire)
> is
> used in the secondary winding of the transformer giving 120 volts to each
> phase..1 and 2 at the same time allowing current to flow through the neutral
> wire back to the transformer for any unbalanced loads in the house...ie
> outlets. Without the neutral wire at the transfomer, the 2 load wires would
> carry
> 240 volts each instead of 120 each for residental use. The white wire
> (neutral
> ) should never ever be ground to earth groundING.Alot of people are badly
> burned and some killed by playing with electricity. The pole mounted
> transformer
> is reducing 7200 volts down to 240 and 120. Dont mess around by the wires on
> the poles or underground, the load..(amps) being drawn from the lines will
> cook you like a piece of bacon on a open fire.
>
>
> Becareful. 73 Pete
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