[Amps] Question about safety ground connection

[Will Matney]

In a switch leg using say 12-2 or 14-2 romex, the white wire is hot at the switch. The white and black tie together in the junction box of the light fixture, and the black off the switch goes to the black wire on the lamp. So yes, this is a case where the white is hot. The NEC only allows this case too.

Best,

Will

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On 11/15/05 at 8:24 PM Gudguyham at aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 11/15/2005 1:20:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>craxd1 at verizon.net writes:
>
>I always  want to know a neutral isn't hot unless it's going to a switch
>leg 
>which I  think is the only NEC exception to the  rule.
>
>Best,
>
>Will
>
>
>
>If a "white" wire is hot, it is not a neutral.  So a neutral is never  hot 
>unless there is a fault.
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