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Re: [Amps] NEC-think.

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Subject: Re: [Amps] NEC-think.
From: John Popelish <jpopelish@rica.net>
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 21:48:12 -0500
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R. Measures wrote:
> 
> On Jan 6, 2006, at 3:44 PM, John Popelish wrote:
> 
>> R. Measures wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:10 AM, John Popelish wrote:
>>
>> (snip)
>>
>>>> A lose connection at either end would be the most common cause of a
>>>> high resistance neutral.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What if the cause of loosening the connection screw on the Neutral wire
>>> also loosened a screw on the Ground?
>>
>> (snip)
>>
>> The most common cause (I think) of lose connections is thermal cycles
>> caused by load cycles.  I see these often enough in industrial
>> settings to be on the look out for them.  Sometimes with a thermal
>> imager.  Ground connections see no such thermal cycles.
> 
> 
> In a 240v circuit, Neutral carries zero current and Ground carries zero 
> current.  How could the thermal cycles differ?

Oh, you are talking about unnecessary neutrals.  Okay, you win. ;-)

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