The fuse will be blown off in case of any fault. But the circuit will not be isolated because of the presence of fuse in nutral line. current will still flow and the line will be so dangerous.
If the circuit is a single wire circuit and the fuse blows the circuit will open. If the circuit is a three wire circuit and the fuse blows in a neutral, then there is a possibility of the two circuits becoming in series with each other and if the load is not balanced one circuit can become overloaded. It is exactly the reason why in North America the electrical code does not allow the fusing of any neutrals.
Suppose there is a fuse which is connected to a live wire and it breaks some day because of excessive power supply. The light goes off because of that. You think that there is no power supply, but actually the neutral wire is taking current towards you. You carelessly try to repair the fuse, and you get a shock. Thus, neutral wires are not preferred in fuse.
You should never switch the neutral wire. The neutral of the appliance should be connected directly to the neutral wire leading to the service panel neutral bar.
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On a 200 amp or any size service the ground wire is easily identified. Look in the distribution panel for the neutral bus bar. This is where the service neutral (white wire) is connected to the distribution panel. There you will see a bare copper wire connected to the same neutral bar. This is the ground wire that is connected to the ground rods out side of the house.
No, the switch just breaks the hot side of the circuit. The incoming hot wire should be connected to the top screw and the load side of the switch should be connected to the bottom screw. The neutral wire is usually connected together with a wire nut and pushed to the back of the switch box.
Suppose there is a fuse which is connected to a live wire and it breaks some day because of excessive power supply. The light goes off because of that. You think that there is no power supply, but actually the neutral wire is taking current towards you. You carelessly try to repair the fuse, and you get a shock. Thus, neutral wires are not preferred in fuse.
You should never switch the neutral wire. The neutral of the appliance should be connected directly to the neutral wire leading to the service panel neutral bar.
The neutral wire and power wire are never connected together.
yellow?
Because the white wire on a 120 volt circuit is the neutral wire that is connected to the silver screw on outlets and switches. It is connected to the neutral bar in the service panel.
On a 200 amp or any size service the ground wire is easily identified. Look in the distribution panel for the neutral bus bar. This is where the service neutral (white wire) is connected to the distribution panel. There you will see a bare copper wire connected to the same neutral bar. This is the ground wire that is connected to the ground rods out side of the house.
No, the switch just breaks the hot side of the circuit. The incoming hot wire should be connected to the top screw and the load side of the switch should be connected to the bottom screw. The neutral wire is usually connected together with a wire nut and pushed to the back of the switch box.
So that the live wire is isolated when the fuse blows. If a fuse was placed in the neutral, the equipment would still be live when the fuse blows.
Because the neutral wire only carries unbalanced currents. The hot wire carries full load currents. Answer for European SystemsThe above answer is only true for three-phase systems. In single-phase systems, the neutral carries exactly the same current as the line conductor. The reason for not placing the fuse in the neutral conductor is one of safety. For example, if the fuse were to blow due to, say, an overload current, then although no current could flow, the entire conductor would remain live and highly dangerous.
because current flows through live wire
The NEMA 6-20R is a 2 pole 3 wire grounding receptacle that is rated for 250 volts. It is not meant to have a neutral wire connected to it. The receptacle is designed to have 240 volts connected to it.
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