Grounded conductors must meet certain requirements. Grounded conductors must meet certain requirements. It helps to remember that they are, as the name suggest, a type of conductor. From this fact, ...

The neutral conductor can be used as the circuit equipment grounding conductor on the supply side or within the enclosure of the service disconnect in accordance with Sec. 250.24(B) [250.142(A)(1)].

For starters, the term "ground" refers to a conductive body, which is typically the earth. The act of "grounding" means creating a low-resistance path between an electrical circuit or equipment to the ...

A friend who was buying an older house was concerned about electrical safety and asked for my opinion as an electrical engineer. All of the AC receptacles (also called outlets) in the house were the ...

This article discusses many common misunderstandings about the function of the neutral wire and its relation to power problems. The subjects of dedicated lines, phase reversal, isolation transformers, ...