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Re: [Amps] Question about safety ground connection

To: "amps@contesting.com" <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Question about safety ground connection
From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:26:25 -0600
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On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 07:51:49 -0800, Bill Turner wrote:

>I believe the safest 
>and best way to wire a 240 volt circuit is to have the two hot wires 
>and a ground wire and not to use a neutral at all. In other words, 
>everything on the 240 volt circuit should be made to run from 240 
>volts, not 120  volts connected between a hot wire and neutral. If I 
>am mistaken on this, please comment.

There is nothing wrong with connecting a 120 volt load (for example, a 
120v fan) between one of the 240 volt legs and neutral. What you must 
NOT do is connect the neutral to ground.  

Jim



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