fritz wrote:
> As an electrician, I should now interject that a neutral should only be 
> bonded at the point of distribution (the breaker panel or upstream 
> transformer).  Grounding a neutral anywhere else makes for strange 
> problems and stray currents on the ground.  People often falsely assume 
> electricity takes the path of least resistance - according to Ohm's law, 
> it follows ALL paths in a parallel circuit.
>   
But, in the special case of shifting the neutral from what is 
effectively a center grounded
open delta to a 4-wire Wye service via an isolating transformer, you 
have to ground
the center of the isolated Wye at the secondary of the isolating 
transformer.

Jon

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