--- In [email protected], Ignacio Cembreros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Jerry Flanders wrote:
>clerk phoned her husband, who worked for power co. He confirmed
> > only one wire was used - conductivity was so good in that area they
> > used ground for the return path.
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> I also saw the same in Cuba and in some regions of Central and South 
> America.  In fact now it is seldom used, just for small branches of 
13,8 
> Kv circuits serving just a small power transformer.  I understand 
many 
> are being replaced by conventional (live and neutral) 2 wire circuits.
> 
> 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL

Presents serious potential issues (pardon the pun).  No way to monitor 
for unintended ground faults, and the possibility of multiple 
unintentional grounds being present causing really strange circuit 
behavior.

Not to mention that if for some reason the ground impedance were to 
vary from time to time...

Bob


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