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Default How does the typical mains power connect in the USA anyway?

On 11/26/2013 9:31 AM, bud-- wrote:
On 11/25/2013 5:33 PM, Danny D'Amico wrote:
On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:15:05 -0800, wrote:

They are *not* both valid. You have it wrong.


Well, this entire discussion is about how the power supply works, so,
it is germane to the discussion how the power company completes the
circuit.


This is a piece of a approx 192 post thread at a.h.r where Danny thinks
the earth is used as a conductor in power distribution. Everyone
disagrees, but he is not convinced. And the usual tangents.

His reference at howstuffworks has huge problems, as detailed at a.h.r


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-wire_earth_return