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11/05/05 11:04
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#103315 - Gnd and Neutral
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Ground and neutral are not the same. There should be no current flow in the ground line, so its potential, relative to true earth (usually in the UK, referenced to the substation) is close to zero. The neutral line carries the return current, so its potential relative to true earth.

Also supply GND is not necessarily system ground - your centre tap example shows that. The centre tap is merely a 0V reference. In many cases though, it important to reference this 0V reference to GND NOT, REPEAT NOT to NEUTRAL.

Steve

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Diff between GND and Neutral.            01/01/70 00:00      
   Gnd and Neutral            01/01/70 00:00      
      UK Only            01/01/70 00:00      
         Depends            01/01/70 00:00      
   ground vs neutral            01/01/70 00:00      
      What happens if...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Safety ground is not for current            01/01/70 00:00      
            I recall            01/01/70 00:00      
            (Mal)Practices            01/01/70 00:00      
               death by electricity            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Neutral-gnd bond            01/01/70 00:00      
                     bonded in the panel, separate from there            01/01/70 00:00      
                        RE: bonded in the panel, separate...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     clause: IE rules            01/01/70 00:00      
                        IE ?            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Indian Electricity            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Only one ?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Supplier?            01/01/70 00:00      
   well 'gnd' is not necessarily groun            01/01/70 00:00      
      Summing up the points            01/01/70 00:00      
         you basically got everything wrong            01/01/70 00:00      
            to Mr. Suresh            01/01/70 00:00      
            Reversal...            01/01/70 00:00      
               correction            01/01/70 00:00      
   PHASE, NEUTRAL, SAFETY EARTH,...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Difference            01/01/70 00:00      
         Not in india as well            01/01/70 00:00      
            TN-S mains structure            01/01/70 00:00      
               Ours too            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I tried to explain this            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Hardly !            01/01/70 00:00      

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