On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 23:00:04 +0000 (UTC), (Geoffrey
S. Mendelson) wrote:


Wires run to outlets are usually three wires, a hot wire connected eventualy
to one side of the transformer, a neutral wire, which returns the power
to ground, completing the 120 volt circuit, and a smaller saftey ground wire.

The safety ground wire is *required* to be the same gauge as the power
conductors. It is never smaller.