Neutral lines reversed
I was camping last weekend and I noticed that my powerline protector indicated that the neutral lines for the 50 amp service were reversed to the power line coming in to my fifth wheel. Is this a big...
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DrewE wrote:Bill.Satellite wrote:
I wonder if the equipment is reading that neutral and ground are reversed?
There's no electrical way to detect such a fault, since the only difference between neutral and ground lies in what purpose they serve and whether the physical wire has a jacket around it.
I alomost agree with you Drew.. I suspect it detects some of the faults by measuring voltages.. Voltage between neutral and ground means "Reverse Polarity".. Mine said "OPEN GROUND" but the park technician who fixed it swears it was the neutral.
I'm thinking the error messages might be...er.. off a bit sometimes
