>
>Rich says:
>
>>It is potentially dangerous not to connect the cabinet of U. S. built
>>amplifiers to the Neutral wire.
>
>Do you really mean this, Rich?
>
yes. In the U. S. 0v/N connects to a ground rod at the mains box.
>I would have thought it should read 'to the ground wire'.
>
>My preference is to run the neutral to the equipment if needed (i.e.for
>120volt
>stuff) and the ground wire to the case. That means that major voltage drop in
>the neutral doesn't lift the cabinet above the bonding point potential at the
>supply inlet.
>
A major v drop in #4 Cu takes some doing.
cheers, Peter
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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