Answer by michael girardi for Why does this receptacle have the ground tied...
I am a real electrician and on most of the older homes a jumper from nutruls went to ground. I been playing out here with you guys. Now i will answer your last question if you run under ground plastic...
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Considering there is some amount of either wrong, or maybe just misleading, information regarding your broad question which, in turn, can lead to ambiguities and poor and/or dangerous actions, I, a...
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The ground wire alone doesn't protect a person from getting a shock. the current that will pass through your body to earth will still depend on the point of contact, current density and body's...
View ArticleAnswer by Tom for Why does this receptacle have the ground tied to the neutral?
It's called a bootlegged ground. This is commonly done in older houses that had a two prong receptacle and was updated to a three prong receptacle. The old house didn't have a ground and this tricks...
View ArticleAnswer by Guffa for Why does this receptacle have the ground tied to the...
No, the neutral and ground should never be wired together. This is wrong, and potentially dangerous.When you plug in something in the outlet, the neutral will be live, as it closes the circuit. If the...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon Richter for Why does this receptacle have the ground tied to...
That looks as if someone misunderstood something.If there is no "proper" ground line, it is typical for the ground connector in the outlet to be wired to the neutral line. This gives a small voltage...
View ArticleAnswer by Steven for Why does this receptacle have the ground tied to the...
Yikes, good find! This is most definitely the reason. The ground and neutral are only supposed to be tied together at the main panel. In this case, instead of only the neutral carrying current, both...
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Why does this receptacle have the ground tied to the neutral?
I was replacing some outlets in my house with tamper-resistant ones, and came across one where the white and ground were wired together, as seen in this picture. Why? Is that okay or appropriate ever?...
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