Mike,
Although it's not mandatory, it a real good thing to do. When I worked as an
industrial electrician, a lot of times we had to work on live circuits as the
main just could not be shut off over shutting the plant down, or a whole
operation. I burnt up a few pairs of dikes over someone using a white as a hot,
then I cut into them. Also, it would be easy for someone to be leaning against
a grounded enclosure, and tip a white wire that's hot, thinking it's a neutral
thus getting electrocuted. Really dangerous! I always carried a wiggy and
checked the wires, but somethimes I have forgot too.
Best,
Will
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On 11/15/05 at 9:02 PM Mike McCarthy, W1NR wrote:
>And many electricians will mark those "hot" white wires with a couple of
>black stripes with a magic marker.
>
>Mike, W1NR
>
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>Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:25 PM
>To: craxd1@verizon.net; amps@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [Amps] Question about safety ground connection
>
>
>In a message dated 11/15/2005 1:20:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>craxd1@verizon.net writes:
>
>I always want to know a neutral isn't hot unless it's going to a switch
>leg
>which I think is the only NEC exception to the rule.
>
>Best,
>
>Will
>
>
>
>If a "white" wire is hot, it is not a neutral. So a neutral is never hot
>unless there is a fault.
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