On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 18:55:26 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 8:04:48 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:49:22 -0800 (PST), TimR

wrote:



After bud's excellent explanation, we can see that Danny is almost right.



No, he's not.



The ground IS a parallel path for return, but most of the current will flow along the neutral wire.



He's talking about the return though the Earth (capital 'E'). That

just doesn't happen to any degree.



If there's not a neutral wire, then..........no don't go there. Yet.



Then you're screwed. Really bizarre things happen. BTDT.



Back to that single phase feeding the house from the transformer secondary for a second.



The center tap of that transformer is bonded to ground. That gives us a zero reference.



Google groupie's mess unfolded



But that technically is not necessary.



It *IS* necessary.



Your house would work fine without it.



Nope. You wouldn't have both 120 and 240 available.



Of course it would work. You just would not have the transformer
bonded to ground.

If you had no center tap, you certainly would not. One or the other,
but not both.

Your oven would still "see" 240 volts and your lights 120.



Not without that center tap connected to the neutral, it wouldn't.



Apparently you not only can't read IEEE papers, you can't read
what anyone said. He's clearly not talking about eliminating the
neutral, he's only talking about not earthing it.

You really are a dumb****.

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