On Wednesday, 18 April 2018 17:46:20 UTC+1, Rob Morley wrote:
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 20:27:55 +0100
Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp wrote:

No,
With no load it is neither alive nor dead.

If there's potential difference WRT ground it's live even if there's no
current. Neutral can also be slightly live. ;-)

neutral connections can be live at 240v no less. That's why a combined N&E is not normally permitted in domestic wiring.

The US used to permit it and I gather it was once common for kitchen cookers to have a combined N&E conductor. I hear the incidence of bad outcomes was near zero, but I don't have any direct access to stats to quote.


NT