"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

No, in an ideal world that would be true, the problem is we don't
live
in an ideal world. The difference would be that if you cut the white
wires
and held one in each hand in an unbalanced load situation you would have
current flowing thought you.

As anybody who works much with electricity will tell you you can and will
get bit off an intact neutral in any number of situations. It is part of the
circuit and if current is flowing anywhere in the circuit it can flow
through there too. It usually happens when somebody turns off a switch and
not the breaker and starts grabbing wires. Seen it lots of times.