On 11/16/2013 10:44 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 11/16/2013 11:35 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 06:31:21 -0500, Stormin Mormon
I've been trying to figure if the cold wire of a
three wire dryer is a neutral or ground. I'd thought
it was a ground, but some folks on the list and
on the web thought it's a neutral.

It *is* a ground. It's connected to the case of the appliance. Would
you connect a neutral to the case?


Oh, now I'm all confused.


I remember something about a ground connection being no more than 1V
from true ground. According to that definition, the third wire could be
ground.

Then neutral is a grounded current carrying conductor. This wire is
neutral too.

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