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Default Two phases to house - loss of neutral


"Trevor Wilson"

"Sillier than Anyone Else Alive "


Leaving the neutral failure issue aside, what would happen if I disabled
the Earth leakage detectors and drew power across the two phases.


**Depends on the equipment you connected. The damage might range from mild
to catastrophic.



** TW has misread the Q.

It is only about how domestic watt hour meters respond.


Would the two utility meters correctly reflect the energy I consumed?


**Briefly, yes.


** Indefinitely, actually.



..... Phil