There isn't anything ILLEGAL about connecting the neutral and ground
anywhere else beside the main panel. You're violating the NEC but not
committing a criminal offense. ;-)
K8MM
Jim Brown wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:17:21 -0400, Ian Hill - K8MM wrote:
>
>
>> Houses are typically feed off of a center tapped secondary. 240V
>> measured between phase conductors and 120V between either phase
>> conductor and the center tap. There isn't any sort of dangerous short
>> by having the neutral ( i.e. center tap) and the ground bonded together
>> in the primary distribution panel in a house....its supposed to be
>> connected that way.
>>
>
> Exactly right. One other VERY important point -- it is both ILLEGAL and
> UNSAFE to connect neutral to ground at any other point. The proper
> connection of a 240V load is to the two ends of the transformer only,
> and with the ground wire connected for safety.
>
> There is some equipment that needs both 240V and 120V to operate. That
> equipment gets its 240V from the two ends of the transformer, and MUST
> get 120V between one side of the transformer and NEUTRAL, NOT GROUND.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim Brown K9YC
>
>
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