In article , "Ralph Mowery" wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article t, "Ralph
Mowery" wrote:

For the compressor it does not mater which way it is plugged in as far as
damage to the compressor goes. It is usually safer to plug it in the
correct way. If designed correctly the hot wire will go to the
compressor's
on/off switch , then to the pressuer switch and motor and back to the
neutral wire. This makes it slightly safer but if the plug is reversed
the
compressor will work just fine if it is in good operating condition. The
120 volt circuit is alternating current and as far as the electricity is
concerned it makes no differance, unlike DC that is found in the cars and
maybe a few other places.

Absolutely not true -- there definitely *is* a difference between hot and
ground in an AC circuit. About a 120V difference.


Please reread the post. I did not mention anything about the ground.

Pardon me -- I misspoke. I meant to say, "... between hot and neutral".

You imply they are interchangeable. They absolutely are not.

It has
already been established the ground pin has already been cut off. I simply
said it does not make any differance which way a plug is inserted in the
socket if the ground pin is cut off. The compressor would not be harmed.
That only leaves the hot and neutral pins to connect and electrically it
does not mater which way the plug is put in, the compressor will still run
just as well either way if it is not defective.

While that is true, it does *not* mean that there is no distinction between
hot and neutral. There absolutely is a difference.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.