questions on electronics
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when the circuit breaker in the house "break", does it mean that the live wire is joined to the neutral, or issit live wire joined to ground wire.
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Combining the ground and the neutral (grounding to the neutral) can protect against live shorts to the case. However, this has the additional danger of live cases if there is a fault or break in the neutral wire at any point in the wiring. A neutral is not permitted to be used as a case ground in North American electrical wiring codes.Originally posted by torx:when the circuit breaker in the house "break", does it mean that the live wire is joined to the neutral, or issit live wire joined to ground wire.
summary= neutral to earth
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The break means live wire is disconnected from the rest of the circuit - to protect everything.Originally posted by torx:when the circuit breaker in the house "break", does it mean that the live wire is joined to the neutral, or issit live wire joined to ground wire.
Never, ever, connect live to neutral or ground. It means short circuit and will destroy all your wiring, and might cause fire hazard.