well there is no neutral because it's a 240vac circuit only...

On 12/27/2015 12:16 PM, Bruce Layne wrote:
>
> On 12/26/2015 06:51 PM, John Thornton wrote:
>> There is no neutral in the machine, only L1 L2 and GND. The Neutral for
>> the house is bonded to ground at the panels.
> Electrician's  Joke:
>
> Q: What's the difference between neutral and ground?
> A: About six inches.
>
> There's a very good reason the return current is carried on the neutral
> and the ground should not carry any current in normal circumstances, but
> we do need to understand that electrons don't care about our
> conventions.  They're just as happy returning via the ground wire.  They
> don't know that the green wire is off limits for all but emergency traffic.
>
> The concept of ground/neutral functional equivalence is also a real life
> saver for anyone who might otherwise consider standing barefoot on a
> basement floor while hot wiring any line powered AC circuit.
>
>
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