Neutrals are sometimes center taps of transformer windings tied to a ground
reference. This is often how 120V is made from 240.

Chris

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Subject: Re: [EE]: Newbie Q. re: electrical outlet and SSR


I thought ground and neutral were bonded at the transformer or
pole...not in the building. I could be wrong though.

Josh
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Chris Loiacono wrote:
>
> White Neutrals are bonded to Earth Ground in the building supply panel in
> N.A.
> If you get tingly feelings from white wires, you may want to check the bus
> bar in the main panel box before it corrodes more and things start to
> smoke......Wasn't there a thread on this here a couple of months ago?
> Chris

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