In further reply to Geoff....
He is correct.
But my statement was essentially correct even as it applied to him....
That is - No load current is returned on the ground. In his case He has a
neutral available, and load current is returned on the neutral, as it should
and must be.
73 de Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Hoffman" <ghoffman@spacetech.com>
To: <gsm@mendelson.com>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
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Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Centaur Power Cord
> You are right of course, my reply was US-centric. Sorry for the
confusion.
>
> Gary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 2:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Centaur Power Cord
>
>
> > On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 02:16:17PM -0500, Gary Hoffman wrote:
> > > Well on 220 volt systems there is no neutral as such. Only two hot
> leads,
> > > and ground. One would expect that the green wire is ground of course.
> That
> > > leaves the other two as hot.
> >
> > Not here, the hot lead is 230 volts, the neutral is neutral and ground
is
> > a saftey ground.
> >
> > Geoff.
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