T&T: loose neutral

Fri May 4 17:06:06 EDT 2007

Thursday, May 3, 2007, 11:36:20 PM, Pierre wrote:

P> Peter Bennett a icrit :
>> 240 volt loads such as a water heater or electric stove will be
>> connected between the two hot wires, with no connection to the neutral.

P> Peter,
P> Does it mean that you can't have a full GFI protection?

A GFCI for a 240 volt load would have to compare the currents in the two
hot wires, where a 120 V GFCI compares currents in hot and neutral.

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