Hi Gary,
Thank you for stating this so clearly. This is an important safety issue.
Gary Hoffman wrote:
No manufacturer could ever sell something that ran load current on the
ground wire. They would create a massively unsafe condition, and in the
event that the worst happened, they would be sued out of existence. This is
aside from the fact that this has never been permitted by the electric
codes. That would be insane.
Some 240/220 volt (in fact most) have 3 wire cords indeed, but they do not
return load current on the ground wire, ever.
And if there are any lower voltage loads inside a piece of equipment
using a three wire 240 VAC power cord, those lower voltage loads derive
their supply voltage one way or another from the full 240 volt supply.
Only in a four wire system, when there is a neutral wire, and a ground
wire, can a 120 volt load connect from one hot lead to neutral.
DE N6KB
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